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Dairy Farm Numbers Shrinking

By Ron Friesen October 21, 2010

The number of dairy farmers in Manitoba continues to fall rapidly. The province currently has 354 registered milk producers, seven per cent fewer than in 2009-10, according to Dairy Farmers of Manitoba. The rate of loss is steeper than in the two previous years. The number of producers declined by four per cent in 2008-09

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Manitoba Avoids Overquota Milk Penalty – for Jul. 29, 2010

By Ron Friesen July 29, 2010

Lower production and higher milk sales have helped Manitoba dairy farmers avoid overquota penalties for the final two months of the dairy year. Manitoba will finish 2009-10 just under the allowable 0.5 per cent overproduction limit for June and July, according to figures from Dairy Farmers of Manitoba. The official year-end date is July 31.

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Domestic Trade Pact Could Threaten Supply Management

By Ron Friesen December 10, 2009

“We don’t have enough information to provide the level of comfort.” – WALLY SMITH, DFC Canada’s supply management groups are lobbying hard against wording in an interprovincial trade agreement which they fear could threaten their industries. Dairy Farmers of Canada wants governments to plug possible loopholes in the agreement that might leave supply management open

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Slow, Steady Progress For Manitoba Milk Producers

By Ron Friesen October 22, 2009

“What we’re experiencing are very stable prices.” – DAVID WI ENS, DFM Dairy Farmers of Manitoba recently amalgamated their nine regional districts into three. This tripled the size of local milk advisory committees. Some producers feel the committees are now too large and unwieldy. That was as close to complaining about their industry as milk

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Manitoba Exceeds Annual Dairy Quota

By Ron Friesen October 1, 2009

“Nobody could have predicted a cooler-than-normal summer.” – BRENT ACHTEMICHUK, DFM Acool summer this year provided Manitoba dairy farmers with an unexpected boost in milk production – a little too much, in fact. Manitoba exceeded its provincial quota for the 2008-09 dairy year, resulting in an overproduction penalty. On a 12-month rolling basis ending July

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Dairy Farmers Avoid Livestock Industry Trauma

By Ron Friesen April 16, 2009

While hog producers experience an industry meltdown and beef producers struggle to emerge from BSE’s shadow, it’s steady as she goes for Manitoba milk producers. Figures released at an April 3 Dairy Farmers of Manitoba meeting showed an industry with no huge problems and only a few relatively minor hiccups. “We’re doing quite well,” acknowledged

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Dairy Farm Numbers Shrinking

Manitoba Avoids Overquota Milk Penalty – for Jul. 29, 2010

Domestic Trade Pact Could Threaten Supply Management

Slow, Steady Progress For Manitoba Milk Producers

Manitoba Exceeds Annual Dairy Quota

Dairy Farmers Avoid Livestock Industry Trauma

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