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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

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

Dairy cattle, News

Value Chain Benefits Organic Milk Producers

By Lorraine Stevenson January 28, 2010

The farmers had the milk and the processor wanted new business. Between them, they forged a new business relationship for mutual benefit. In December 2008, the Manitoba Organic Milk Co-op (MOM), and Notre Dame Creamery launched Organic Meadow, a new line of Manitoba-produced and processed organic milk. The organic milk sold here had previously come

News

Ontario Court Drops Charges In Raw Milk Case

By Alex Binkley January 28, 2010

Ontario farmer Michael Schmidt was acquitted Jan. 21 on 19 charges of distributing raw milk and raw milk products, but that is probably not the end of his legal troubles. The provincial government is expected to appeal the decision by a justice of the peace to acquit Schmidt and overturn a $55,000 contempt of court

Country Crossroads

Lack Of Vitamin B12 Can Be Debilitating

By Joyce Slobogian January 28, 2010

I always felt that as long as I ate a balanced diet, I did not need to take any additional vitamins. I was forced to change my thinking about this in recent years. It started when I began to feel constantly tired. The problem became so strong that simple day-to-day work left me exhausted, even

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

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Manitoba Slow To Meet CQM Target

By Ron Friesen December 17, 2009

“The clock is ticking.” – DAVID WI ENS, DFM Manitoba dairy farmers will have to pick up the pace to meet a registration deadline for a national milk quality assurance program. So far, only 40 per cent (146) of Manitoba’s milk producers have been fully registered under Canadian Quality Milk (CQM), a national on-farm food

Dairy cattle, Livestock

No Change Planned For Dairy Support Prices

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 10, 2009

Slightly lower input prices and “stable” demand for dairy products have led the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) to leave skim milk powder and butter support prices at current levels. As of Feb. 1, 2010 the support price for skim milk powder will still be $6.1783 per kg; the support price for butter will remain $7.1024

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Conference Board Takes Aim At Supply Management

By Alex Binkley December 3, 2009

Supply management blocks dairy farmers from competing in world markets and saddles consumers and processors with high costs, says a report from the Conference Board of Canada. Dairy farmers are engaged in defending their system from cheap imports when they “could otherwise be positioning the sector for future long-term domestic and global success including opportunities

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

Tag Archives Milk

Innovation, Trade Dominate Dairy Meeting

U. S. Farmers Feeling Financial Squeeze

Quebec Milk-Fed Veal Company Gets Federal Grant

Value Chain Benefits Organic Milk Producers

Ontario Court Drops Charges In Raw Milk Case

Lack Of Vitamin B12 Can Be Debilitating

Big South American Soy Crop To Test Storage Capacity

Manitoba Slow To Meet CQM Target

No Change Planned For Dairy Support Prices

Conference Board Takes Aim At Supply Management

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