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Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Mid-year farm gate price hike approved for milk

Processors say incremental hike may soften impact on consumers

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A request from Canada’s dairy farmer organization for an unscheduled increase in the current farm gate price for milk, to help farmers catch up with steep rises in their costs of production, has been granted. The Canadian Dairy Commission said Tuesday it will recommend that the farm gate price for milk be increased effective Sept.
Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C. in late April 2022.
Livestock, News

Dairy market access in U.S. crosshairs

Canada says its new TRQ policy is trade-compliant

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The American dairy industry is clamouring for its federal government to slap retaliatory tariffs on Canada for what they say is policy restricting U.S. access to Canada’s dairy market. At issue is Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation, which was the subject of a CUSMA (Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement) dispute panel last year. TRQ holders are
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

U.S. seeks another CUSMA dispute panel on Canadian dairy quotas

Canada announced revised policies last week

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Ottawa | Reuters — The Biden administration is requesting that a second dispute settlement panel be formed under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) to review a trade dispute with Canada over dairy import quotas, it said on Wednesday. The U.S. alleges that Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota allocations deny eligible U.S. applicants, including retailers, access to Canadian
Unlike other food products, due to the state-sanctioned public quota regime, milk is nothing less than a public good.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Canada’s white gold

Milk prices are anything but transparent under the current system

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It goes without saying that milk and cream are important foodstuffs in our diet. Cheese, yogurt, and butter; these products are cherished by many people and will force average households to spend between 10 and 15 per cent of their food budget on them. Our love for dairy products will be put to the test
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Markets

China blocks Lithuanian beef, dairy, beer as Taiwan row grows

Canada seeks to join EU trade case against China

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Beijing/Vilnius | Reuters — China suspended imports of beef, dairy and beer from Lithuania this week, Lithuania’s veterinary control agency said on Thursday, amid a growing trade dispute over the Baltic nation’s relations with Taiwan. China’s General Administration of Customs had informed the country it was halting the exports due to “lack of documentation,” the
We see animal-free dairy as possibly having some environmental and food security benefits, but with some trade-offs.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Milk, without the cow

Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help

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A new wave of cow-less dairy is hitting the market. In the United States, Perfect Day is using genetically modified fungi to produce milk protein for ice cream at a commercial scale. And pre-commercial companies, like TurtleTree and Better Milk, are engineering mammary cells to produce human and cow milk in laboratories — though these
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Canada violated CUSMA pact by reserving dairy quotas, panel finds

Canada 'will ensure compliance,' trade minister's rep says

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Washington | Reuters — Canada violated a trade accord with the U.S. and Mexico by reserving most of its preferential dairy tariff-rate quotas for Canadian processors, a dispute panel found, and Washington warned it could retaliate if Ottawa did not change course. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office claimed victory for Washington in the first dispute
Regenerative dairy farmers Henry Nyhof (left to right), Sean Smith and Paul Kernaleguen with conference organizer Ryan Boyd.
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Other

Dairy farmers well positioned for regenerative ag, producers say

BALANCES | Increased grazing has seen decreases in butterfat but overall increases in cows’ health, reduced input costs

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Canadian dairy farmers may be among the best positioned to take up regenerative farming practices, said producers during a panel discussion at the 2021 Regenerative Ag Conference, held in Brandon Nov. 15 to 17. Supply management means a steady income which can give farmers more confidence to take risks, said Sean Smith, a dairy farmer near Minnedosa. Fairly small herds
Processors, retailers and, most importantly, consumers are not represented on the Canadian Dairy Commission board.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: The new 8.4 per cent milk

The Canadian Dairy Commission has a daily impact on most Canadians but operates with little oversight

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Earlier this month the Canadian Dairy Commission announced that dairy farmers will get an unprecedented 8.4 per cent more for their milk, and more than 12 per cent for butter starting in February. It is the highest increase since the CDC was created in 1967. Provincial boards will need to approve these increases but that

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