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Ontario Court Drops Charges In Raw Milk Case

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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
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Lack Of Vitamin B12 Can Be Debilitating

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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

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

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“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

Conference Board Takes Aim At Supply Management

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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
Dairy cattle, News

EU Dairy Farmers Win Subsidies, Want Reforms

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Dairy farmers won 280 million euros ($418 million) of additional subsidies from the European Union Oct. 19 after weeks of protests over low milk prices. But some of the farmers, who burned hay, threw firecrackers and blocked traffic with tractors and buses as EU farm ministers met in Luxembourg, said only a regulatory reform of
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Slow, Steady Progress For Manitoba Milk Producers

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“What we’re experiencing are very stable prices.” – DAVID WI ENS, DFM Dairy Farmers of Manitoba recently amalgamated their nine regional districts into three. This tripled the size of local milk advisory committees. Some producers feel the committees are now too large and unwieldy. That was as close to complaining about their industry as milk
Dairy cattle, News

In Brief… – for Oct. 22, 2009

Mexico tries GM corn: Mexico, considered by many to be the cradle of corn, has issued permits to grow genetically modified corn for the first time in a bid to eventually boost production of the grain. Mexico’s Agriculture Ministry said the two permits will allow only experimental genetically modified (GM) corn crops, which will be
Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. Lawmakers Agree Dairy Aid

House and Senate negotiators agreed on $350 million in U. S. aid to dairy farmers who face the lowest farm gate milk price in decades, a key senator announced on Sept. 30. Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl said $60 million would be used to purchase dairy products for use in U. S. public nutrition programs and

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