Local Spotlight
Success from the roots up

Success from the roots up

Sponsored by FMC

Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives milk production

Carol Boonstoppel says she’s already seen European cheese displacing Canadian products as loss leaders at supermarkets.
Dairy cattle, Farmit Manitoba

Canadians want their own dairy farmers

Shoppers are seeking out the Blue Cow logo in a show of support

By
Manitoba’s dairy farmers are beginning to find their footing in a new world that, for the first time in decades, includes significant dairy product imports. That was the message a three-producer panel shared with the Manitoba Co-operator, at the recent Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (DFM) annual convention. A year ago those same producers spoke to
Shiv Chopra was noted for speaking out publicly about being pressured to approve BGH in Canada.
News

Shiv Chopra recalled for milk whistleblowing

The microbiologist was fired for speaking out on the use of 
growth hormones to increase milk production

By
The controversial whistleblower who alerted Canadians to the use of growth hormones to increase milk production is dead at 84. Shiv Chopra sparked debate in 1989 when he and fellow scientist Margaret Haydon testified before a Senate committee they were being pressured to approve bovine growth hormone (BGH) for use in dairy cows. The move
Training program will aim to train people to work on southeastern Manitoba dairy farms.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Pilot program seeking dairy farmers

Barriers to employment can be as straightforward as lacking access to transportation or childcare

By
A new partnership hopes to make it easier for Manitoba milk producers to hire locally. Keystone Agricultural Producers is working with Workplace Education Manitoba and Industry Training and Employment Services to create a pilot program that would see interested participants trained to work on dairy farms in southeastern parts of the province. Read more: New dairy
Researchers have found that light impacts hormone levels in cows and can have a positive impact on milk yield.  photo: supplied

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Creating a natural rhythm

Lighting experts suggest the correct light intensity and duration can have 
positive effects on the health, fertility, welfare and productivity of dairy cattle

By
The lighting in your barn may be having more of an effect than you realize. “The livestock’s biological clock is regulated by light striking the pituitary gland in the middle of the brain. A lack of light depresses metabolism and causes increased melatonin output. We see this effect in the shorter days of winter,” said
David Fisher on his farm near Hamilton, New Zealand.
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Is importing milk better for the environment?

Initial government numbers for market access prove to be lowballed after full text 
of Trans-Pacific Partnership released

By
David Fisher isn’t shy about sharing his thoughts on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “Take out the Canadians and it’s going to go well,” said the longtime dairy farmer, speaking to a group of international journalists on his farm near Hamilton, New Zealand. The frustration felt by producers like Fisher, as well as those involved in negotiating
Selling the Blue Cow logo to consumers
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Selling the Blue Cow logo to consumers

The dairy sector is debating whether focusing on rBST use in the U.S. is the best way 
to quash consumer interest in imports

By
The prospect of more imported dairy products flooding into Canadian dairy markets has local dairy farmers debating a tricky conundrum. How do they position themselves to compete on the basis of quality without fearmongering over production practices south of the border? American producers use recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) to boost milk production, which has never

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Feb. 20, 2026

Sponsored by:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →