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Bottled-up anticipation for Steinbach couple’s new fresh-from-the-farm milk

A new on-farm milk-processing venture opens new markets to add value to their organically produced milk

By Lorraine Stevenson June 24, 2015

Milk sold in glass bottles may be retro — but it is the newest niche in dairy sales. And Manitoba dairy farmers Jim and Angie Appleby aim to fill it. Eager customers started buying 946-ml bottles of milk pasteurized and bottled right on their farm using milk from their Steinbach farm’s organically raised herd of

Recipe Swap

Have you applauded a cow lately?

Prairie Fare: Cheesy Tortilla Mini Pizzas

By Julie Garden-Robinson June 12, 2015

As I finished my glass of ice-cold milk, I thought about my now 20-year-old son’s comments many years ago. He always has enjoyed milk. When he was a toddler, we would hear his tiny voice saying “want milk” in the early-morning hours. He wanted his milk and cereal pronto. One day, as our toddler gazed

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Milking it: Israel leads the way in dairy tech

China, India, other Asian countries, now look to Israeli expertise

By Ari Rabinovitch June 2, 2015

Decades ago Israeli dairy farmers confronted a quandary — how could they provide milk to a fast-growing population in a country that is two-thirds desert, with little grazing land? They turned to technology, developing equipment that boosted output — from cooling systems to milk meters and biometrics — and have made Israeli cows the most

Dairy cattle, Local news

New tests for dairy producers offered at Horizon Lab

Dust can settle in vials after cleaning and before testing, so make sure to double-check your containers

By Shannon VanRaes May 26, 2015

Manitoba dairy producers will no longer have to make phone calls to figure out why their milk samples weren’t tested. In the past, producers who didn’t see their results would have to call Horizon Lab in Winnipeg to figure out what went wrong. Now, affected producers will be automatically emailed whenever a sample can’t be

Dairy cattle, Local news

Thousands of litres of milk heading west

Demand for milk is up as dairy marketing takes hold

By Shannon VanRaes May 22, 2015

A combination of factors, including an increased demand for dairy products, has Manitoba’s dairy farmers shipping 75,000 litres of milk out of province every day. But changes to the province’s processing capacity have also played a key role, according to Dairy Farmers of Manitoba chairman, David Wiens. “Probably the biggest reason that that’s been happening

Opinion

Editorial: More to TPP than milk and eggs

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and what a deal could mean for Canadian producers

By John Morriss May 18, 2015

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement now under negotiation involves 12 of the world’s largest economies, and has been described as “NAFTA on steroids.” What’s holding it up? Canadian dairy farmers. Or so you’d think about reading some of the national and international media coverage. Some of it made us think of the coverage of

News

Raw milk dramatically increases risk for foodborne illness

Study says risk is 100 times greater than with pasteurized milk

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 8, 2015

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health in Maryland have released a study which says consumers are nearly 100 times more likely to get foodborne illness from drinking raw milk than they are from drinking pasteurized milk. In a release, the researchers said raw milk was associated with over half of all

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

How much protein do you need?

Prairie Fare: Slow-Cooker-Shredded Salsa Chicken Tacos

By Julie Garden-Robinson March 13, 2015

The other day, I was at the hair salon with my eyes closed and head propped over a sink. I was so relaxed that I was ready to take a power nap. Unfortunately, I could not help but overhear a discussion by strangers at the sink next to me. They were talking about their diets.

Research proves that he likes it better than the white stuff.

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Rural kids like milk better (especially if it’s free)

School milk consumption dropped by almost half  when chocolate was not available

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 23, 2015

Kids drink more chocolate milk than regular milk when offered a choice, and rural kids drink more milk than urban kids when it’s offered free. That’s the conclusion of “Impact of the removal of chocolate milk from school milk programs for children in Saskatoon, Canada,” a paper published Jan. 14 in the journal Applied Physiology,

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Dairy support price trimmed starting March 1

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 15, 2015

Canada’s dairy producers can expect their overall revenue from sales of industrial milk to slip nearly two per cent starting in March. The Canadian Dairy Commission on Thursday announced it will snip the support price it sets for skim milk powder effective March 1 to $6.3109 per kilogram — down from the current $6.4754 —

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans continue gains on Trump’s China comments

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher on tight supply

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

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