A lactose-free milk brand distributed by Coca-Cola will be produced at a new dairy processing plant to be built at Peterborough, Ont. by early 2020. The facility’s first product will be Fairlife Ultrafiltered Milk, a lactose-free product billed as providing 50 per cent more protein and 50 per cent less sugar than traditional milk. Canada […] Read more
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Ontario to host plant for U.S. lactose-free milk maker
Why cull dairy cows are discounted
The price paid for cows with poor body condition score is dropped 20 cents per kg, meaning there may be opportunities to dry off and feed those cows
Instead of calling in the livestock trucker as soon as milk production drops off from a cow with an infected hock or low body condition, it may pay Ontario dairy producers to dry those cows off, feed them long enough to regain condition, then send them to auction. That was a major finding from a […] Read more
Goat milk intake to start slowly at Feihe plant
The Chinese company with plans to export baby formula will mostly use cow’s milk once it starts processing next year
The Chinese company building a $225-million infant formula factory in Kingston has yet to secure a source for goat’s milk — needed for the facility’s planned second phase — but remains confident production will begin “around the middle of 2019.” “It will take three to five years to reach full capacity,” said Justin Zhou, a […] Read more
Eastern Canadian dairy quota cut
The amount of underproduction credits held by producers is causing concern and could result in more cuts
Dairy quota is being cut by 1.5 per cent in an effort to slow down growing milk production. The committee that manages quota in Canada’s five eastern provinces has cut quota effective May 1, 2018 by 1.5 per cent and reduced fall 2018 incentive days for conventional producers to zero in August and two days […] Read more
Brakes put on milk production
The committee that manages milk allocation in Canada’s eastern provinces has said there will no more new quota issued from now to the end of July – the end of the dairy year. Regular quota increases and general enthusiasm in the dairy industry over growing demand, has led to significant milk production increases in eastern […] Read more
Milk ad awareness beating top brands
Dairy Farmers of Canada is trying harder to track how well its marketing efforts boost milk sales, after Ontario members pulled promotion funding over a lack of information. Dairy Farmers of Canada’s (DFC) policy conference this week in Ottawa included a presentation by Don Mayo, global managing partner for IMI, an organization that measures media […] Read more
Ontario’s dairy farmers ramp up own marketing
Dairy Farmers of Ontario is starting to build its own consumer marketing department, now that it’s retaining marketing funds collected from farmers and no longer sending tens of millions of dollars to Dairy Farmers of Canada. What does it mean? Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s withdrawal from national marketing of milk has meant upheaval at Dairy […] Read more
More milk quota increases expected for Eastern Canada
Updated, Jan. 15, 2018 –– Dairy Farmers of Ontario expects it will need six per cent more milk from producers in the next year. DFO chair Ralph Dietrich told the organization’s annual meeting that new processing capacity coming online this year will help drive the continued increase in quota allocated to meet the demand. The […] Read more
Eastern dairy farmers get big quota increase
The eastern Canadian provinces have approved a five per cent dairy quota increase — their largest one-time quota increase since the daily quota system was implemented in 1998. It will also be implemented quickly, on July 1. The five provinces — Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario — create quota policy […] Read more
Ontario’s dairy group names new GM
Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) has found its new general manager within the organization. Graham Lloyd, the organization’s general counsel, secretary to the board and director of communications, is the new general manager, replacing Peter Gould, the organization’s long-time manager. Gould, trained as an economist, has been with DFO since 1981 and has been the […] Read more
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