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“Free Your Milk” Campaign Launched

By Daniel Winters October 27, 2011

Over half of Canadians think dairy products are too expensive, according to a recent survey by a restaurant and food services association. The current system is making Canadian milk and cheese less attractive and less affordable for everyone, said Garth Whyte, president and CEO of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA). The survey conducted

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Oct. 20, 2011

October 20, 2011

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Cereals, Opinion, Poultry

Is Supply Management Next?

By Allan Dawson September 22, 2011

The Conservative government s decision to end the Canadian Wheat Board s monopoly has supply management s critics in the media, business and academia sharpening their knives. Not surprisingly, the detractors are saying it s also time for an open market in milk, eggs, chicken and turkey. If marketing freedom and open markets are good

Livestock

Cairns Group Looks To Break The Impasse

By Alex Binkley September 8, 2011

Representatives of more than 25 countries are in Saskatoon this week looking for a way to break the deadlock in the WTO negotiations. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and his Australian counterpart are chairing the two-day Cairns Group meeting from Sept. 7 to 9. The group, which held its inaugural meeting in the Aussie city, has

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

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.

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

News, Poultry

Doha Nearly Dead, Ritz Concedes

By Alex Binkley February 10, 2011

The Doha round of international trade negotiations has passed its “best before” date and it would make more sense for countries to salvage the progress made during 10 years of negotiations, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “I don’t see a groundswell of support for the latest efforts to reach a wide-ranging agreement,” Ritz said at

News

Young Farmer Issues Divide MPs

By Alex Binkley December 16, 2010

MPs on the Commons agriculture committee all favour encouraging young farmers but can’t agree on how government can best help them. The committee agreed on 13 recommendations to assist young farmers, but the Conservatives, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois decided to chip in dissenting reports with a bunch of extra ideas wrapped in political rhetoric. By

Opinion

Where Their Food Comes From

December 16, 2010

There are two complaints which have been heard hundreds of times from farm meeting platforms or in coffee shop conversations. “Consumers don’t know where their food comes from anymore – they just think it comes from the supermarket.” Then there’s “Farming is not the traditional mom-and-pop operation anymore – it’s a business.” Those are statements

Dairy cattle, News

“Greed” Drives Quota Cost, Says Delegate

By Daniel Winters December 9, 2010

What do Amish bishops and Canada’s supply management officials have in common? According to Ian Cumming, an Ontario dairy farmer who moved to the U.S. to escape the restrictions of quota, both provide insulation from an uncertain world, but at the cost of suffocating growth and initiative. “Our bishops at Dairy Farmers of Canada, like

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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