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Study Finds Supply Management Superior To Free Market

By Alex Binkley August 11, 2011

Despite frequent criticism from free market advocates, Canada has been well served by supply management of milk, according to a new study. In recent years, dairy prices outside Canada have soared and then plummeted – leaving many producers unable to pay their bills and creating headaches for governments, according to a study prepared by Prof.

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jul. 21, 2011

By Reuters July 21, 2011

Construction underway: Legumex Walker Inc. is starting construction of its 10th production facility, a canola oilseed-processing plant in Warden, Washington. The new facility, the company’s first in the United States, will produce expeller-pressed canola oil and high-quality canola meal. The plant will be the first commercial-scale canola-crushing operation west of the Rockies and is well

Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle

Showing Kids How Milk Travels From Farm To Carton

By Ron Friesen June 16, 2011

Sara Hancheruk carefully places a drop of fresh cow’s milk in a tube. With a whoosh, the milk goes sailing past various control points in the dairy industry, ending up on a grocery store shelf. The milk in this case is actually a soft cotton ball. The dairy system is a network of hollow plastic

Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 9, 2011

June 9, 2011

Cargill’s stance hardly a surprise The Page 9 headline in the May 19 issue of theManitoba Co-operatorreads: “Cargill calls for orderly end to orderly marketing.” Cargill’s stance should hardly come as a surprise to farmers. After all, what wolf wouldn’t welcome easier access to the sheep. So farmers, let us beware of the big bad

Dairy cattle, Livestock

New Antibiotic Treatment For Dairy

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 9, 2011

Pfizer Animal Health has announced that Excede 200, a convenient, single-dose, long-acting antibiotic therapy, is available to treat bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in cattle, including lactating dairy cows. The first new BRD treatment for the dairy in more than a decade, Excede provides producers with a new option to treat an illness considered a major

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Western Milk Pool To Explore New Dairy Markets

By Ron Friesen June 2, 2011

Canada’s four western provinces have engaged a market specialist to develop new opportunities for dairy products by tapping into growing ethnic populations. The western milk pool has hired Nissim Avraham to help develop ethnic and niche markets through partnerships with dairy processors, distributors and retailers. Avraham is a Dairy Farmers of Ontario employee in charge

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Officials Reject U.S. Criticism Of Supply Management

By Ron Friesen May 12, 2011

Canadian dairy officials are dismissing a U.S. industry report which claims supply management for milk does not work. The report by a U.S. dairy processors association plays fast and loose with the facts when it says supply management restricts industry growth and does not reduce price volatility, said Phil Cairns, senior policy adviser with Dairy

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Dairy Expansions Slow, Quota Shortage Feared

By Ron Friesen April 21, 2011

Aslowdown in the consolidation of dairy farms across Canada may create a shortage of quota for producers who want to expand, an industry official warns. The current rate of dairy farm consolidation is about half of what the rate was at the start of the decade. This will put pressure on producers’ ability to expand

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Milk Board Ready To Help

By Ron Friesen April 21, 2011

The provincial milk board is poised to help dairy producers whose farms are threatened by rising spring flood waters. Dairy Farmers of Manitoba and the Emergency Measures Organization can help producers temporarily relocate their cows if their farms are at risk, says chairman David Wiens. But moving dairy cows is so stressful for the animals

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

National Pooling Report Advances Single Milk Pool Discussion

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2011

Areport to the Canadian Milk Supply Management Committee this month could be the first step toward establishing a long-discussed national all-milk pool for dairy farmers. The report by a two-person industry committee caps months of talks with provincial milk boards to gauge their feelings about national pooling. The response so far has been generally positive

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Tag Archives Milk

Study Finds Supply Management Superior To Free Market

In Brief… – for Jul. 21, 2011

Showing Kids How Milk Travels From Farm To Carton

Letters – for Jun. 9, 2011

New Antibiotic Treatment For Dairy

Western Milk Pool To Explore New Dairy Markets

Dairy Officials Reject U.S. Criticism Of Supply Management

Dairy Expansions Slow, Quota Shortage Feared

Milk Board Ready To Help

National Pooling Report Advances Single Milk Pool Discussion

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