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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
Editorial, News & Opinion

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
milk in grocery aisle
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What does the new dairy research mean for us?

Eventually there could be new recommendations on dairy consumption

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Want milk!” exclaimed the little voice in the early hours of morning. By the time he was a toddler, our son knew exactly what he wanted to quench his thirst. He had whimsical dancing farm animals adorning the walls of his nursery. I guess when the morning light illuminated his room, the smiling cows reminded
Retired dairy farmer Raymond Philippot displays his provincial award received for long years of service with the Manitoba Dairy Museum located in St. Claude.
Country Crossroads, Local news

St. Claude farmer recognized for his work creating the Manitoba Dairy Museum

Raymond Philippot is one of five Manitobans to receive an award this month 
from Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon for long service promoting history and heritage

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Years back, when talk began about setting up a museum in St. Claude, everyone was all for it, except no one knew where to start. It wasn’t just a matter of collecting old stuff. The provincial Culture and Heritage Branch urged them to try something different. Manitoba already had plenty of pioneer museums. “They said
Dairy producers say without new processing capacity, the industry can’t be sustainable.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Aging milk dryers limiting Canadian dairy sector

Without new industry investment dairy producers could 
be stuck in a negative loop as existing infrastructure ages

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Aging milk dryers and industry paralysis on how to move forward and modernize is setting the stage for a prolonged crisis in the Canadian dairy sector. Without a plan to address the situation, milk producers are going to pay the price of this shortfall, says Peter Gould, CEO and general manager of the Dairy Farmers

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