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Gay Lea buys northern Ontario cheesemaker

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff December 3, 2019

Ontario’s first producer of verified-grass-fed butter and cheeses is set to become part of the province’s biggest dairy co-operative. Gay Lea Foods said Monday it has completed a deal to buy Thornloe Cheese from its current owner, Guelph-based dairy genetics firm EastGen, for an undisclosed sum. Thornloe Cheese on its website says the business takes

Stick of butter, cut, isolated on white.

Dairy cattle, Local news

New dairy plant will churn out butter, other products

As demand for butter fat continues to grow, Western Milk Pool to eliminate SNF/BF ratio

By Shannon VanRaes November 3, 2017

Manitoba dairy producers will no longer have to ship milk across provincial borders, thanks to an increased processing capacity at home. The $100-million MDI dairy-processing plant is up and running in Winnipeg’s South End, increasing Manitoba’s dairy-processing capacity by about 40 per cent. The 80,000-square-foot retrofitted egg-processing facility will now process 180 million litres of

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy co-op Gay Lea buys Calgary cheesemaker

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 17, 2017

Ontario dairy farmer co-operative Gay Lea Foods’ plans for expansion into Western Canada now include Calgary cheesemaker Alberta Cheese Company. Gay Lea announced Monday it has bought the family-owned processor, effective Friday (Oct. 13), for an undisclosed sum. Set up in 1976 by cheesemaker Frank Talarico, Alberta Cheese makes “traditional” Italian cheeses for sale under

Manitoba dairy farmers gather for a district meeting in Headingley on April 11, 2017.

Dairy cattle, Local news

Milk production being ramped up

New dairy-processing plants will allow Manitoba milk producers to have quota fully issued

By Shannon VanRaes April 28, 2017

Manitoba’s dairy farmers are preparing for what may be the largest increase of processing capacity ever seen as a result of one project. “I don’t know if there has ever been a situation elsewhere in Canada where there has been a 40 per cent increase in processing capacity in a province from just one project,

Dairy cattle, Local news

Gay Lea opens doors to Manitoba producers

Manitoba producer named to Gay Lea Foods board as co-operative expands into Manitoba

By Shannon VanRaes February 3, 2017

Manitoba dairy farmers are now able to join the Ontario-based Gay Lea Foods Co-operative. The decision was formally made at the co-op’s annual general meeting in Mississauga last week, but has been expected since Gay Lea Foods announced it was partnering with Vitalus Nutrition to expand milk-processing capacity in Manitoba last October. A refurbishment of

Peter Gould, general manager and CEO, Dairy Farmers of Ontario. (John Greig photo)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Ontario dairy sector optimistic with expanding demand

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 16, 2017

Ontario’s dairy industry is in a period of unprecedented growth, with over 15 per cent more quota going to dairy farmers in less than two years. There are almost certainly more quota increases to come, in order to increase milk production to displace significant volumes of butter now being imported. “It’s an absolutely great time

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy ingredients strategy starts to drive investment

By GFM Network News, John Greig November 21, 2016

Ontario’s Gay Lea Foods has announced $140 million in projects to be spent over four years to dramatically increase dairy ingredient processing in the province. The announcement last week in Teeswater, Ont., is the result of several years of work to bring revitalized ingredients processing to the province and to stem the flow of milk

Gay Lea Foods CEO Michael Barrett (left) and co-operative chairman Steve Dolson. (Gay Lea Foods/Marketwired)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Gay Lea lays out dairy processing expansion plans

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 21, 2016

A dairy farmer co-op on an aggressive growth track has mapped out its next four years’ worth of expansions and upgrades, starting with a storied processing plant in southwestern Ontario. Gay Lea Foods Co-operative on Wednesday announced a budget of $140 million over four years to set up what it describes as an “innovative nutrition

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

By Shannon VanRaes October 31, 2016

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

Stirling Creamery, which next month becomes part of dairy co-op Gay Lea Foods, is a sponsor of the butter sculpture displays at Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), including this sculpted butter tribute to city internet star Dead Raccoon TO. (StirlingCreamery.com)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Gay Lea to buy central Ontario butter maker

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 18, 2016

A U.S.-owned artisanal butter processor in central Ontario is set to become an arm of Ontario dairy co-operative Gay Lea Foods. Michigan-based butter producer Butterball Farms has agreed to sell Stirling Creamery, based at Stirling, Ont., north of Belleville, to Gay Lea effective Nov. 1. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, though Gay Lea

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Gay Lea buys northern Ontario cheesemaker

New dairy plant will churn out butter, other products

Dairy co-op Gay Lea buys Calgary cheesemaker

Milk production being ramped up

Gay Lea opens doors to Manitoba producers

Ontario dairy sector optimistic with expanding demand

Dairy ingredients strategy starts to drive investment

Gay Lea lays out dairy processing expansion plans

New milk-processing plant on deck

Gay Lea to buy central Ontario butter maker

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