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Fonterra cuts dairy jobs as ‘white gold’ rush fizzles

By GFM Network News July 16, 2015

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand dairy exporter Fonterra is cutting jobs in an effort to shore up its cash flows as a slump in global dairy demand, particularly from No. 1 buyer China, threatens to snuff out the country’s “white gold” rush. Dairy prices have more than halved from record highs scaled in 2013,

Comment, Dairy cattle

Canada needs a different tact in international trade

Instead of defending supply management it needs to attack competitors’ subsidies

July 7, 2015

Supply management polarizes opinions: defend the status quo or dismantle the system. Unfortunately, this masks important strategic choices with implications for the dairy industry and, by extension, Canada’s agri-food sector as a whole. Canada’s internal debate keeps the country on a defensive footing. It is time to get offensive by focusing on other countries’ agricultural

Dairy cattle, National news, Poultry

Trans-Pacific Partnership talks worry dairy farmers

Foreign supplies want access to Canadian markets

By David Ljunggren July 2, 2015

Canada’s powerful dairy industry expressed concern June 26 that it could suffer if talks to create a Pacific trade treaty open up heavily protected Canadian markets to more foreign competition. Some of the 12 nations taking part in negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) want Canada to start dismantling supply management, which protects dairy, egg

Dairy cattle, News

Buy out dairy quota with a retail price premium?

A former Liberal MP and a University of Calgary researcher are calling for an immediate phase-out of quotas

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 24, 2015

Drop the price of milk to the U.S. level, but then add a temporary premium to compensate dairy farmers for the loss of their quota. That’s the plan proposed in a July 10 Globe and Mail opinion piece by Martha Hall Findlay and Jack Mintz of the School of Public Policy at the University of

Our History

Many prizes up for grabs in “Rapeyield 30” contest

Our History: June 1976

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 11, 2015

In 1976 Elanco sponsored the Rapeyield 30 contest to encourage producers to use Treflan and shoot for a 30-bushel rapeseed yield and win watches, shotguns and a trip to Japan. The previous five-year average yield in Manitoba was 18.3 bushels. Farmers trying for that high yield would be challenged by flea beetles — we reported

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Milking it: Israel leads the way in dairy tech

China, India, other Asian countries, now look to Israeli expertise

By Ari Rabinovitch June 2, 2015

Decades ago Israeli dairy farmers confronted a quandary — how could they provide milk to a fast-growing population in a country that is two-thirds desert, with little grazing land? They turned to technology, developing equipment that boosted output — from cooling systems to milk meters and biometrics — and have made Israeli cows the most

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Global dairy demand seen picking up only slightly

By GFM Network News May 28, 2015

Wellington | Reuters –– Global dairy prices are expected to pick up only slightly over the next 12 months, New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, said Thursday. Fonterra said the subdued outlook amid sluggish demand would likely slow the pace of New Zealand dairy output growth, and kept its forecast payout

Livestock, Weather

New Zealand declares partial drought, offers farm assistance

By GFM Network News February 12, 2015

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand has declared a drought in parts of the country’s South Island, offering financial assistance and tax relief to farmers after dry conditions have cut dairy production and increased sheep and beef slaughter rates. The government on Thursday said medium-scale drought conditions were affecting the east coast of the South

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. burger demand a boon to New Zealand dairy farmers

By GFM Network News February 3, 2015

Wellington| Reuters –– Supersized U.S. demand for burgers is a godsend for New Zealand farmers struggling with weak dairy prices but now earning good money for cows sent to slaughter for beef. Years of low cattle supplies have kept U.S. beef import prices near a record high of around $3 per pound hit last September,

Did you know?, International news

Swedish Merlot, anyone? Warmer world boosts Nordic tipples

Vineyards are where people expect polar bears, grower says

By Alister Doyle December 11, 2014

On one of the world’s northernmost frontiers, grapevines are growing on hillsides and talk among farmers is about “terroir” and “aroma” as global warming and new technology push the boundaries of wine growing. “Maybe a touch of raspberry?” opined Wenche Hvattum, one of two farmers at the Lerkekasa vineyard west of Oslo — on the

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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