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Lactose Intolerance May Be Exaggerated, Study Suggests

By Ron Friesen May 6, 2010

“Even individuals who are lactose intolerant can consume milk and milk products.” – DFC Alot of people who think they’re lactose intolerant may not be, which could be good news for the dairy industry. The true prevalence of lactose intolerance in the general population isn’t known because of insufficient data. But it’s probably lower than

Dairy cattle, News

Producers Strongly Oppose New Quota Levy

By Ron Friesen April 22, 2010

Manitoba’s marketing boards are demanding to know the reason behind a controversial provincial surcharge on the value of quota transfers between dairy, egg and poultry farmers. Producer boards and Keystone Agricultural Producers will meet with the government next week to seek an explanation for the new two per cent levy on successful quota sales and

Dairy cattle, Livestock

New Software Puts Cow Data Close At Hand

By Ron Friesen March 25, 2010

“You amalgamate everything into one small handheld computer.” – ROGER HEEG You could say that whenever Roger Heeg walks through his dairy barn, he has the situation well in hand. Heeg uses a specially developed software program on a hand-held Smartphone – a BlackBerry, in this case – to keep tabs on his dairy cows.

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Federal Dollars Go Into Dairy Research

By Alex Binkley March 18, 2010

Dairy Farmers of Canada plans to spend $11.7 million on research projects across the country that will focus on the health and nutritional benefits of dairy products and ways to improve animal productivity through health and breeding. The research money will be awarded to clusters of scientific and technical expertise at universities and agriculture schools

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Innovation, Trade Dominate Dairy Meeting

By Alex Binkley February 11, 2010

One surefire way to make dairy farmers squirm is suggest they consider exporting dairy products again. Sure they’re happy to sell breeding and cull cows outside the country but they don’t want to go anywhere near the international market for dairy products. Gilles Gauthier, Canada’s chief agriculture negotiator at the WTO, suggests that even with

Country Crossroads

Wake Up The Family With Sweetheart Toast

By Dana Ramstedt February 11, 2010

How about this toast for breakfast to greet each family member on Valentine’s Day? Materials: – 2/3 c. milk – Yellow food colour – Red food colour – White bread – Honey – 2 thin paintbrushes – Wide brush for honey – 2 glasses – A toaster oven works best Directions: Pour 1/3 cup of

News

Melamine Scandal Resurfaces In China

February 11, 2010

China has arrested three more people for dealing in milk and milk powder tainted with melamine, a compound used in plastics and fertilizer that caused a massive food safety scandal last year, the Xinhua news agency said. The tainted milk powder dates to mid-2008 but was sold to dairy firms and food companies in late

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

U. S. Farmers Feeling Financial Squeeze

By Michael Hirtzer February 4, 2010

Lending by commercial banks may be less than desired, but farm banks are continuing to finance the sector even though some borrowers are not doing so well, an executive of a major U. S. agricultural bank said. Samuel Miller, senior vicepresident of agribusiness and food banking at Milwaukeebased M&I Bank, the seventh-largest U. S. farm

Beef cattle, Livestock

Quebec Milk-Fed Veal Company Gets Federal Grant

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 4, 2010

The federal government has granted a loan of $2.7 million to help colait, a Quebec firm specializing in the slaughter of milk-fed veal calves, improve its storage and upgrade its plant technology. colait processes more than 100,000 head of veal in its facilities annually, raised by over 150 of its producer partners. With 50 per

News, Oilseeds

Big South American Soy Crop To Test Storage Capacity

January 28, 2010

The record soybean crops that are fast approaching harvest in Latin America will put the Southern Cone region’s infrastructure to the test, more so in Brazil than in Argentina. Isolated harvesting in the world’s No. 2 soybean grower Brazil has already started in the centre-west, the main soy-growing region which has some of the greatest

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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