More than 225 Holstein and Jersey cattle from the four western provinces vied for ribbons at the Western Dairy Expo in Saskatoon late last month.
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Buy Canadian raises consumer support for Canadian dairy
New Canadians also look to use dairy for nutrition and in cooking, industry told at Canadian Dairy Xpo
The buy-Canada movement has helped boost support for Canadian dairy products, according to David Hudson of IMI International, speaking at the Canadian Dairy Xpo’s Dairy Business Summit.
U.S. dairy exports to Canada up 67 per cent
While Donald Trump may believe the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement is ripping off ordinary Americans, data shows that it’s helping U.S. dairy farmers.
Dairy LPI gets last minute updates
A dairy farmer figured out that the last index was over-weighted to milk production
The dairy Lifetime Performance Index will be updated April 1 and includes some changes in trait weighting, including milk production as a dairy farmer realized it was over-emphasized.
Supply management bill unlikely to go anywhere
Senate committee amends bill, and even if it returns to the House, it is unlikely to be debated due to opposition filibuster REGINA — A Senate committee amendment has rendered Bill C-282 effectively useless. Senator Peter Harder moved the amendment during clause-by-clause consideration by the foreign affairs and international trade committee Nov. 6 and it […] Read more
European Union’s manure mathematics frustrate farmers
Strict regulations restrict how producers can use nitrogen fertilizer, depending on the form it takes when applied
Trucks show up at Han Langeler’s dairy farm in the Netherlands each spring and haul some of the cow manure up to 150 kilometres away. There, it is spread on fields in an area with fewer livestock farms than Langeler’s area near Aalten, near the German border. Langeler then buys nitrogen fertilizer to top up […] Read more
‘We feel betrayed’
OTTAWA — A senior American agricultural policy leader is cautioning Canadian farmers to expect the dairy dispute to rise again soon. “Watch out on dairy. I think that’s real,” Ted McKinney, a former undersecretary at U.S. Department of Agriculture, a former Indiana minister of agriculture and currently chief executive officer of the National Association of […] Read more
Colostrum can be used to treat diarrhea in calves
Transition milk, which comes from cows after initial colostrum production, has also been shown to improve calf health
Canadian dairy farmers are doing a better job of getting colostrum to their calves and making sure they have absorbed enough to create passive immunity. However, researchers are pushing the boundaries on uses for colostrum. Dr. Dave Renaud, a veterinary epidemiologist in the University of Guelph’s Department of Population Medicine, has found that colostrum can […] Read more
Dairy compensation coming this year
The Canadian government will soon begin compensating dairy producers for the impacts of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The first payments under the $1.2 billion program will be paid out this year and each year until 2029. The Dairy Direct Payment Program made four payments worth $1.75 billion between 2019 and 2023 for lost market share […] Read more
Dairy farmers granted milk price hike
The price of farmgate dairy will rise after a mid-year request to raise the price of the supply-managed commodity to deal with rising costs of production due to inflationary pressures. Dairy producers had made the request to the Canadian Dairy Commission last month. The Crown corporation that manages production agreed to a 2.5 percent increase […] Read more
