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Training program will aim to train people to work on southeastern Manitoba dairy farms.

Pilot program seeking dairy farmers

Barriers to employment can be as straightforward as lacking access to transportation or childcare

By Shannon VanRaes December 12, 2017

A new partnership hopes to make it easier for Manitoba milk producers to hire locally. Keystone Agricultural Producers is working with Workplace Education Manitoba and Industry Training and Employment Services to create a pilot program that would see interested participants trained to work on dairy farms in southeastern parts of the province. Read more: New dairy

Stick of butter, cut, isolated on white.

Dairy cattle, Local news

New dairy plant will churn out butter, other products

As demand for butter fat continues to grow, Western Milk Pool to eliminate SNF/BF ratio

By Shannon VanRaes November 3, 2017

Manitoba dairy producers will no longer have to ship milk across provincial borders, thanks to an increased processing capacity at home. The $100-million MDI dairy-processing plant is up and running in Winnipeg’s South End, increasing Manitoba’s dairy-processing capacity by about 40 per cent. The 80,000-square-foot retrofitted egg-processing facility will now process 180 million litres of

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Saputo to buy Australian dairy co-op Murray Goulburn

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 26, 2017

Reuters — Murray Goulburn Co-operative, Australia’s largest milk processor, on Friday said it agreed to a buyout from Canadian dairy company Saputo worth up to A$637.8 million (C$627.5 million). Murray Goulburn (MG) said Saputo would pay between A$1.10-$1.15 per share, compared to its A$2.10 issue price when it listed in 2015. A total buyout value

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in Washington, D.C. on May 31, 2017. (Global Affairs Canada screengrab via YouTube)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, agree on extension

By David Lawder, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 17, 2017

Washington | Reuters — Trade negotiators from the U.S. and Canada accused each other of sabotaging attempts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement on Tuesday, even as they and Mexico agreed to extend talks into 2018. A round of talks in Washington that lasted seven days failed to find the most basic common

Livestock

Tough U.S. NAFTA demands send ball back into lobbyists’ court

By Dave Graham, David Lawder, GFM Network News October 16, 2017

Arlington, Va. | Reuters — Lobbying efforts on the North American Free Trade Agreement faced a major test this week after the Trump administration ignored advice from U.S. business groups and pitched proposals to radically reshape NAFTA, leaving its future in doubt. The U.S. demands to force renegotiation of NAFTA every five years and reserve

Dairy cattle, Livestock

U.S. makes NAFTA dairy proposal, no market access request

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 13, 2017

Arlington, Va. | Reuters — U.S. negotiators at talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement on Friday formally asked Canada to address a bilateral dispute over dairy pricing, a request the Canadians are set to resist, sources familiar with the talks said. U.S. dairy producers are unhappy that Canadian farmers this year started

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: A case of beer

By Gord Gilmour October 5, 2017

For all the ink and vitriol that’s been spilled over supply management in Canadian agricultural commodities over the years, not much has changed. There’s been a bit of evolution around the edges and some grudging concession on imports, but the fundamental bedrock of the system remains. Now an earthquake could be coming, from the most

Comment/Feedback, Dairy cattle

Canada’s supply management system for dairy is no longer defensible

It’s unfair to consumers and has significant hidden costs when it comes to making trade deals

By Martha Hall Findlay September 5, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear: Dairy is high on the U.S. agenda for NAFTA. And Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has also made it clear that this government is committed to protecting supply management. Three of the top-six milk-producing states in the United States — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — helped

This barn at the Glenlea Research Station will be retrofitted for dairy research.

Dairy cattle, Local news

Mechanization focus of new dairy research

Dairy research facilities to get update at  Glenlea Research Station

By Shannon VanRaes August 28, 2017

Dairy research in Manitoba has got a $1.4-million boost. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler made the announcement at the University of Manitoba last week, indicating the cash will be used to retrofit an existing hog barn for dairy research at the Glenlea Research Station, just south of Winnipeg. “It’s

News

Ottawa announced details of CETA assistance

Transition programs will assist farmers adapt to an expected influx of European cheese

By Alex Binkley August 11, 2017

With the European free trade deal CETA set to launch next month, Ottawa is smoothing out a few wrinkles. The federal government has backed down a bit in a dispute with the European Union over the allocation of new tariff-free cheese imports. It also said it would start accepting applications Aug. 22 from dairy farmers

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

Tag Archives Dairy

Pilot program seeking dairy farmers

New dairy plant will churn out butter, other products

Saputo to buy Australian dairy co-op Murray Goulburn

NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, agree on extension

Tough U.S. NAFTA demands send ball back into lobbyists’ court

U.S. makes NAFTA dairy proposal, no market access request

Editorial: A case of beer

Canada’s supply management system for dairy is no longer defensible

Mechanization focus of new dairy research

Ottawa announced details of CETA assistance

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