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“What sticks in my craw the most is the fact that we are letting Canada off the hook (with supply management).” – Colin Peterson
Dairy cattle, News

Minnesota congressman critical of Canada’s supply management system

Colin Peterson suspects Canadians are using windfall profits from supply management to buy up American dairy processors

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Canada’s supply management sector knows it’s on the American government’s hit list. Veteran Minnesota Congressman Colin Peterson reaffirmed that here April 26 while speaking to members of North American Agricultural Journalists. “What sticks in my craw the most is the fact that we are letting Canada off the hook (with supply management),” Peterson said when
dairy cow
Dairy cattle, News

Dairy initiative seeks to reassure consumers

The program aims to meet consumer concerns in a farmer-friendly fashion

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Canadian dairy farmers have launched a mandatory program to document the sector’s commitment to food safety, environmental protection and animal care. The proAction Initiative, a Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) undertaking, is designed to show consumers how farmers tend to their animals and land in a sustainable way and will allow farmers to benchmark their
Comment, Opinion

Marketing boards are failing Canadians

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Canada’s agriculture marketing boards are showing signs of obsolescence, forcing commodity groups to consider desperate measures. Certainly, given the economic conditions of the last century, forming marketing boards made perfect sense. Marketing boards and agencies were designed to sell agricultural commodities throughout Canada and to the world. They were also intended to protect farmers from
Close up of milking cluster
Dairy cattle, Local news

Lack of processing capacity leaves Manitoba milk producers short

More butterfat means more skim milk, which means Manitoba dairy farmers 
need access to more processing capacity

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An imbalance in processing capacity has left Manitoba dairy farmers unable to fully use the province’s quota allocation. Speaking at a recent producer meeting in Steinbach, Dairy Farmers of Manitoba chairman David Wiens said the organization is working with processors and creating a new class of milk designed to increase investment in the province, while
milk pouring
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy farmers step up pressure on Ottawa over diafiltered milk

Milk producers say the rules around diafiltered milk in cheese making need to be enforced

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Dairy Farmers of Canada and a coalition of Quebec farmers and processors are stepping up the pressure on the federal government to curb importation of diafiltered milk. They’re calling on the government to enforce eight-year-old changes to cheese compositional standards that barred the use of high-protein milk products. DFC president Wally Smith joined Quebec Agriculture
dairy cattle
Dairy cattle, News

Provinces creating new dairy class

The move is seen as a proactive strike against cheap imported milk proteins

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Anew initiative by Ontario milk producers could help to slow the growing flood of milk protein imports undermining the Canadian dairy industry. Dairy Farmers of Ontario has implemented a new class for dairy ingredients which will allow processors to get competitively priced milk protein concentrates domestically instead of importing them. The new milk class, known
David Wiens speaks to dairy producers at an April 4 meeting in Steinbach.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy quality program largely in place

Consumers trust farmers more than they trust farming, 
a recent study says

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Most dairy operations already have the quality assurance program known as proAction in place, but some producers still have lingering questions about how the whole system will work. Speaking at a district Dairy Farmers of Manitoba meeting in Steinbach earlier this month, chair David Wiens said it’s not uncommon to see some resistance to new
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Livestock

Supply-managed groups pressuring government to address border issues

Unnecessary ingredients added to milk products to skirt tariffs and quotas

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The Trudeau government is facing growing pressure from farm groups to improve border regulations and enforcement around supply-managed commodities. The issue has been boiling over in recent days as the sector has felt growing pressure over European and Pacific trade deals. Poultry producers pounded federal border rules and the Canada Border Services Agency during hearings
Miriam Sweetnam came to Canada from Ireland with her family 15 years ago because of the protection and opportunities offered by Canada’s quota system. Today she farms near Winkler, just north of the U.S. border.
Dairy cattle, News

Trade deal promises both problems and possibilities for Canadian farmers

Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: CETA is a household word on Canadian farms, but in Europe not so much

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Glacier FarmMedia assembled a team of reporters from its network of publications, which includes the Manitoba Co-operator, to examine the implications of Canada’s new trade deal with the European Union on Canadian agriculture and food processing. In coming weeks, watch for a series of articles that zero in on the challenge Canadian agriculture faces turning
Miriam Sweetnam remains optimistic about her family’s future in the dairy business.
Dairy cattle, News

Dairy farmers see CETA as a sign of the future

Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: The industry knows it must adapt and hopes proposed compensation packages will help

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Glacier FarmMedia assembled a team of reporters from its network of publications, which includes the Manitoba Co-operator, to examine the implications of Canada’s new trade deal with the European Union on Canadian agriculture and food processing. In coming weeks, watch for a series of articles that zero in on the challenge Canadian agriculture faces turning

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