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A new dairy plant promises more milk-drying capacity for Manitoba, and the opportunity to fulfil the total quota allocation.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

New milk-processing plant on deck

Manitoba milk producers will have the option of joining the Gay Lea Co-operative 
as the processor expands into Manitoba

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A newly announced milk-processing plant is expected to allow Manitoba dairy farmers to increase production and make use of their entire quota allotment. Last week, Vitalus Nutrition and Gay Lea Foods announced they would partner in the refurbishment of an egg-processing facility in Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Industrial Park. The plant is already equipped with an
dairy cows
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Milk producers seek added processing capacity

Lack of processing is keeping the industry from reaching its full potential 
say the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba

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The Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (DFM) says the lack of processing capacity in the province is hampering its ability to reach quota. At the organization’s first fall meeting held on October 11 in Elkhorn, DFM reported being 6.4 per cent under the issued quota. “Our lack of processing ability has created a situation where, at
Dairy Farmers of Manitoba chair David Wiens described the Canadian dairy sector’s proAction initiative at the inaugural One Welfare conference.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Providing the proof consumers want on animal care

DFC’s proAction animal welfare assessment program helps farmers demonstrate that high standards are being met

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In 2008 two brothers who farm near Ste. Anne built a new barn to replace the one their father erected in the 1960s. His was “a Cadillac barn” and the best of the best for its time, but by the mid-2000s times had changed. It wasn’t just a robotic milking system for their 220 cows
Dairy producers say they can talk until there’s nothing left to say, but it’s the government that must act to solve border issues.
Dairy cattle, News, Poultry

Much talk, no action on supply management border issues

A Commons trade committee meeting heard lots of words but little new information at a recent hearing

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Many words were spoken, but little new was said. At a recent two-hour session of the Commons trade committee, representatives of the dairy and poultry sector and Lawrence MacAulay, the federal agriculture minister, all spoke at length about border issues — but largely reiterated previous statements. Following a Parliament Hill protest by dairy farmers this
Sixteen-year-old Dana Andres has been a part of her local Steinbach dairy club for the past seven years.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy isn’t dead

The next generation of dairy farmers from across Western 
Canada recently came together to learn, network and compete

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Sometimes growing up on a dairy farm can feel like a very lonely experience. Surrounded by beef operations and grain growers and faced with the reality of ever-shrinking numbers of dairies, the next generation of dairy farmers can start to feel like they have no peers. That’s why youth dairy events like the Western Canadian
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Australia competition watchdog to widen dairy investigation

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Sydney | Reuters — Australia’s competition watchdog will launch a broad investigation into the country’s dairy industry, the country’s deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce said on Thursday. The investigation comes after Australia’s largest dairy processor Murray Goulburn and New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-operative Group in April reduced their farm gate prices, or what they pay farmers
Dairy cattle, Livestock

EU livestock farmers get compensation

Dairy farmers receive funds to offset price slump after scrapping of quotas

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Brussels/Paris – Reuters — The European Union will grant an additional 500 million euros (C$721 million) to EU farmers struggling with a long-running crisis linked to low prices, notably in the dairy sector where it aims to reverse a boom in milk output after the scrapping of production quotas. European milk farmers have been struggling with
Dairy cattle, News

Global dairy prices fall on subdued demand

Buyers have ample supplies and are in no rush to buy

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International dairy prices fell in this month’s first Global Dairy Trade auction as demand remains subdued. The GDT Price Index, which covers a variety of products and contract periods, dipped 0.4 per cent, with an average selling price of $2,345 per tonne, in the auction held July 5. Whole milk powder, which makes up the
Editorial: Time to change
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Editorial: Time to change

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Afew years back, while working as a writer for our sister publication Country Guide, I spoke at some length with Saskatchewan-based agriculture economist Murray Fulton, about how farm policy is typically set in Canada. He told me that what tends to happen is something he called “punctuated equilibrium” — which is to say that Canadian

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