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Close up on a row of dairy cows in a milking parlour with milking machines hooked up.

Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026

By Geralyn Wichers October 31, 2025

The Canadian Dairy Commission will raise its farm gate milk price by 2.3255 per cent in February, the Crown corporation announced on Friday.

Dairy cows at the feed trough. PHOTO: DIANA MARTIN

Cow health, Dairy, Livestock, Nutrition

Byproducts with benefits for dairy cows

Alternative feed sources are helping dairy farmers stretch inventories and boost output

By Jeanine Moyer October 27, 2025

Local food processors can be a source of financially advantageous byproducts for dairy cows, but make sure the ration is properly balanced.

Jersey cows in a barn with a DeLaval robotic milking system in Ontario. Photo: John Greig

Cow health, Dairy, Livestock

Lactanet to expand reach of disease resistance breeding tool

New index for ketosis risk will soon be available for lower-population dairy breeds

October 27, 2025

Lactanet will expand its Metabolic Disease Resistance (MDR) genetic index for dairy cattle to include four lower-population breeds in Canada.

University of California, Davis researcher Alison Van Eenennaam poses with cattle in a cattle pen in this 2017 photo. Photo: UC Davis

Dairy, Genetics, Livestock

Developing nations outpace Canada on gene-editing livestock

How do Canada and its current regulatory approach compare to other countries?

By Geralyn Wichers October 27, 2025

Canada may want to gauge how Argentina and other countries have approached gene editing in livestock and what that has meant for local innovation in developing countries.

Jennifer Hayes, Chairperson of the Canadian Dairy Commission. Photo: Government of Canada

Livestock, Supply management

Jennifer Hayes appointed for second term as the Chairperson of the Canadian Dairy Commission

She first joined the Commission in 2017

By Alexis Kienlen October 24, 2025

Jennifer Hayes has been re-appointed as Chairperson of the Canadian Dairy Commission by Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Kashfia Sailunaz, a member of Dalhousie’s Mooanalytica Research Group, records cow vocalizations at Sussex Dairy Farm using a field microphone and recorder setup to capture the animals’ emotional expressions.
Photo: Suresh Neethirajan, Dalhousie University

Dairy, Genetics, Livestock, Nutrition

What’s in a moo?

New apps interpret moos and measure methane on dairy farms

By John Greig October 20, 2025

Dalhousie University researchers use artificial intelligence to create new dairy farm apps that interpret moos and measure methane.

The cost of feed has declined in 2024, putting a lid on the need for a milk price increase. Photo: John Greig

Dairy, Livestock, Supply management

Manitoba flags U.S. mega-dairy plans for international review

Manitoba government worries two massive proposed dairy projects in North Dakota will add nutrient loading to an already at-risk Lake Winnipeg

By Miranda Leybourne October 20, 2025

Cows in two large new North Dakota dairies would quadruple the number of dairy cows in the state, but they will be located close to the Red River, prompting concerns about nutrient levels in Lake Winnipeg.