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Finance Minister Bill Morneau appears at a pre-budget event March 14 at the Toronto Kiwanis Boys + Girls Clubs. (BMorneau.liberal.ca)
Markets, Weather

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

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Response so far from farm and agribusiness organizations to Tuesday’s pre-election budget suggests the federal government has managed to find at least one line item for everyone in the ag sector. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget pledges compensation for supply-managed sectors facing financial hits from international trade pacts, funding for a new federal food policy
New feed sources and better farming practices have resulted in Canadian
dairy production having one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world.
Dairy cattle, News

Dairy producers’ carbon footprint keeps shrinking

The improvements are the result of the ready adoption of new practices by the sector, according to a recent study

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Canadian dairy farmers are getting smaller when it comes to their impact on the environment, says a study done for Dairy Farmers of Canada by Groupe AGECO. The Canadian dairy sector has achieved one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world and every litre of milk it produces creates one-third of the greenhouse gas
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Louis Dreyfus to exit dairy by mid-2019

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Paris | Reuters –– Louis Dreyfus Co. said on Wednesday it would sell or wind down its small dairy business by the middle of this year as part of an overhaul to revive growth at the agricultural commodity giant. Privately-held Louis Dreyfus had previously earmarked dairy as one of several activities to be sold or
“You give away a little piece here and a little piece there and every country wants that one per cent more than the other.” – Carol Boonstoppel
Dairy cattle, Local news

Spilled milk: Manitoba dairy producers worry for future

The immediate crisis is past but the long-term trends are worrying

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Manitoba dairy producers who sat down with the Co-operator at the recent Manitoba Dairy Conference don’t look like bargaining chips — but lately that’s exactly what they’ve become. In successive rounds of trade deals they’ve repeatedly lost market share to imports from other jurisdictions, most recently in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). While they weren’t
Dairy cattle in Canada. (Pearman314/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

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Changes to Canadian dairy supply management in the final text of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement give up oversight of the system to the U.S., Canada’s dairy farmer group warns. The trade deal, signed Friday in Buenos Aires by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto, now goes
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Canadian dairies get significant control over imports under TPP

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Toronto | Reuters — Canada will give local dairy processors significant control over imports under a new trade deal with Pacific countries that opens the sheltered industry to further competition, according to a notice published by the federal government, which drew criticism from Canadian retailers. New quotas created by the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, shown here Nov. 1 at a press conference in the occupied West Bank, says Canada’s objective remains getting to a Friday signing for the USMCA. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Dairy issue nags as U.S., Canada prepare to sign trade pact

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New York/Ottawa | Reuters — Dairy remains a sticking point between the United States and Canada as the countries prepare to sign a new North American trade pact this week, according to four sources familiar with the matter. U.S. objections to Canada’s protected internal market for dairy products was a major challenge facing negotiators during
row of cows being milked
News, Oilseeds

Canola meal boosts milk performance in dairy cattle trials

The trial ration is competitive or even cheaper than the current diet

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Feeding trials from Wisconsin dairies showed that cows produced more litres of milk per day with canola meal in their feed rations. On-farm trials carried out at two dairies by the Canola Council of Canada and GPS Dairy Consulting, a group of independent dairy nutritionists, replaced animal protein and high-bypass soybean meal with canola meal

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