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ProAction aimed at quantifying quality

Piles of paperwork won’t be the result of a new program that tracks dairy practices and biosecurity, as efficiencies are sought

By Shannon VanRaes November 14, 2013

Manitoba dairy producers are pushing ahead on a national initiative to distinguish Canadian milk products as being among the best in the world. The new initiative, called proAction, will encompass the Canadian Quality Milk program, as well as issues related to animal care, biosecurity, traceability, and environmental sustainability. It will also allow for concrete measurement

Opinion

Raw milk cheese: Another sterile debate

By Ronald Doering November 14, 2013

On Sept. 18 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed one person had died and several people in B.C. and Alberta were ill from eating E. coli-contaminated raw milk cheese produced at a B.C. farm. As soon as the recall was announced, the media went into full frenzy and the usual “debate” about the safety of

Dairy farmer Lisa Dyck launched a line of hand-crafted ice creams made from milk from the dairy farm she and her husband own between Beausejour and Anola. photo: lorraine stevenson

Dairy cattle, News

Made-in-Manitoba ice cream flying off store shelves

By Lorraine Stevenson July 4, 2013

Customers are happily forking over between $11 and $12  for a litre of this premium, made-in-Manitoba ice cream

Lisa Dyck is going lickity split as summer arrives, ramping up production of a cool treat Manitobans haven’t tasted in a long time — made-in-Manitoba ice cream. This spring the Anola-area dairy producer launched Cornell Creme, a premium ice cream made from the milk of the 120 cows that she and husband William Dyck milk.

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

U.S. budget axe fells data from cattle to spuds, milk to veggies

By Charles Abbott March 25, 2013

Reuters / Budget cuts have forced the USDA to suspend the publication of 10 statistical reports or series, including a semi-annual cattle inventory and monthly milk production data, for the rest of the fiscal year. The mid-year cattle report was arguably the most prominent report to get the axe, and reaction from livestock traders and

Livestock, Other livestock

Goats’ milk speeds recovery from diarrhea

By Uc Davis Release March 25, 2013

Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating the potential for food products from transgenic animals to one day also benefit human health, report researchers at the University of California, Davis. The study is the first on

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy supports up slightly April 1

February 28, 2013

staff / Canada’s dairy producers can expect about a 0.9 per cent uptick in their overall per-hectolitre revenue from industrial milk, coming somewhat later than usual this year. The Canadian Dairy Commission on Feb. 14 laid out slight increases in the support prices it sets for skim milk powder and butter, to take effect April

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Funds for dairy mastitis tracking

March 1, 2013

Staff / The Canadian Dairy Network (CDN) is getting up to $54,000 from the federal government to develop software that tracks mastitis in dairy cattle, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Feb. 21. Farms across Canada will report each incidence of mastitis, enabling CDN to eventually determine disease-resistant traits in cattle, allowing farmers to better select

Crops, International news, News

Europe fears cutting farm aid will see remote areas wither

February 23, 2013

Reducing farm supports and moving toward a more market-oriented farm policy is raising fears that remote communities will wither, according to a member of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee. “There are genuine fears about land abandonment, village decline and a lack of young people in remote parts of the EU,” said Mairead McGuinness. Policies such

Beef cattle, Livestock

Survey shows how calf diseases are treated

By Roy Lewis February 15, 2013

A comprehensive survey was completed by Dr. Cheryl Waldner at the Western Veterinary College in Saskatoon looking at the incidence of early calfhood diseases across Western Canada. Surveys were distributed to veterinary clinics across this region and randomly distributed to their clients. Thanks to the participating veterinarians and their clients who responded and answered the

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Milk house waste considered manure

By Shannon VanRaes November 30, 2012

Dairy Farmers of Manitoba is looking at ways to assist producers in the face of an upcoming ban on winter manure spreading, which will also affect milk house waste. Under the Save Lake Winnipeg Act, milk house wastewater is considered a manure product, and must be stored until spring. This regulation also rules out the

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Milk

ProAction aimed at quantifying quality

Raw milk cheese: Another sterile debate

U.S. budget axe fells data from cattle to spuds, milk to veggies

Goats’ milk speeds recovery from diarrhea

Dairy supports up slightly April 1

Funds for dairy mastitis tracking

Europe fears cutting farm aid will see remote areas wither

Survey shows how calf diseases are treated

Milk house waste considered manure

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