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David Wiens. (Photo: CNW Group/Dairy Farmers of Canada)
Dairy, News

Milk price increase paused

The 1.77 per cent increase would have come into effect on Feb. 1

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Dairy Farmers of Canada has requested that a recommended 1.77 per cent increase in the price of milk at the farmgate be delayed. The Canadian Dairy Commission each year reviews the costs of production of dairy farms and decides whether there’s justification for a price increase. “Dairy farmers and their families are also consumers and […] Read more
Siva Swaminathan, chef, food educator, and owner of Chezsiva, captures a curious dairy cow on video while touring the Elora Dairy Research facility through a Farm and Food Care program that brings food influencers, chefs, and health practitioners to a farm level to improve their understanding of the food value chain.
Dairy, News

Bringing food influencers and producers together has benefits

Improving urban understanding of agriculture industry underscores Food and Farm Care tour

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Poonam Dattani, a Markham-area registered dietician, now feels better equipped to provide her clients with dairy and beef production facts. She was part of Farm and Food Care Ontario’s September tour of the University of Guelph Elora Dairy and Beef Research facilities and Soil Health Interpretive Centre, which provided registered dieticians, chefs and food influencers […] Read more
DeLaval North American business development manager Sjenk Van Soelen shows the newly developed ear tags that are central to the company's new DeLaval Plus Behavior Analysis tool that monitors in-barn cow behaviour and herd health at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show.
Cow health, Dairy, Machinery, Milking equipment

System delivers suite of dairy data every 2.2 seconds

Connecting data to the cloud, not on-site computers helps to increase speed of data interpretation

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A new technology from dairy equipment company DeLaval helps monitor in-barn cow behaviour, with updates every 2.2 seconds. The company used the 2023 Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show for the official North American launch of its DeLaval Plus Behavior Analysis tool for monitoring in-barn cow behaviour and herd health. Why it matters: Advancements in artificial intelligence […] Read more
EastGen asked attendees to look over these heifers, assess their characteristics, and decide which two to keep in the milking herd and which two to sell. After choosing, attendees were shown genomic evaluations for comparison.
Dairy, Genetics, Livestock

Dairy farmers challenged to make tough genomics choices

Heifers at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show displayed competing genomic priorities

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At Rose Vega Farm near Cambridge, Luke and Kelly Donkers agree that emotion sometimes creeps its way into dairy breeding decisions. But at the recent Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS), Luke also agreed that when it comes to overall dairy farm profitability, genomics is a valuable tool. “There are probably more grey-haired cows on our […] Read more
Dairy cattle, Ontario
Dairy, Genetics, Livestock

Dairy farmer eager to see results of low-methane breeding decisions

Lynden-area farmer's herd one of the first to use trait

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Reuters — When dairy farmer Ben Loewith’s calves are born next spring, they will be among the first in the world to be bred with a specific environmental goal: burping less methane. Loewith, a third-generation farmer in Lynden, started artificially inseminating 107 cows and heifers in June with the first-to-market bull semen with a low-methane […] Read more
Back in 1987, Understanding polled genetics was a great science lesson for me as a young man. – John Greig.
Dairy, News

Comment: Polled Holsteins finally get their day

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On June 3, 1987, an average heifer was born on my family’s dairy farm and named Melamar Astro Jet Wendy. She wasn’t remarkable. Many Astro Jet daughters were being born in southern Ontario at that time. The United Breeders Inc. bull was popular and known for daughters with great udders, decent butterfat per cent, and […] Read more
Sjenk Van Soelen of DeLaval explained the company's new behaviour analysis tool for monitoring in-barn cow behaviour and herd health.
Cow health, Dairy, Genetics, Livestock, Milking equipment

New dairy innovations featured at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

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Dairy business leaders’ perception of what consumers expect of Canadian farmers is driving information technology innovation in the sector.  The DeLaval dairy equipment company used the 2023 Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show to officially launch in Canada and the U.S. its DeLaval Plus Behavior Analysis tool for monitoring in-barn cow behaviour and herd health. The company’s […] Read more
Jeff Stanton stands in one of the Stanton family’s dairy barns near Ilderton.
Cow health, Dairy, Genetics

New players find way into dairy genetics markets

Some Canadian farms are now selling bull semen

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New service providers and technology allow some large dairy farmers to sell genetics from their own bulls. Stanton Farms, one of Ontario’s largest dairy farms, now sells its bull semen directly to farmers. The Stanton family has a tradition of marketing cattle to other farmers. It has purchased some of the top-performing cows in the […] Read more
The Dairy Innovation Centre as it looked in 2022.
Dairy, News

New dairy experience comes to Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Dairy Innovation Centre revamped for 2023 show

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Visitors to Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show may have noticed significant changes over the years to the iconic Dairy Innovation Centre. Gone are the robotic milking systems, replaced by many new companies that showcase the latest in dairy technology and management. The building has undergone significant renovation and will feature new penning and livestock handling areas. […] Read more
A new enzyme-based feed additive shows promise for increasing feed efficiency.
Dairy, Livestock

New additive touted for feed efficiency, solids-not-fat control

Strong results seen in Mexico trial for biocatalyst

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Calgary-based feed additive innovator CBS Bio Platforms is trumpeting the feed efficiency benefits of its newly released Optimax E enzyme-based bio-catalyst, as it appeals to dairy farmers’ goals of achieving carbon-neutral status. Given recent implementation by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario of a revised formula to pay for solids-not-fat (SNF), producers may also be interested […] Read more

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