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Business, News

Thornloe Cheese has potential buyer

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Gay Lea Foods announced it has entered into a letter of intent to sell Thornloe Cheese to Triple ‘A’ Cheese, based in Mississauga. Thornloe Cheese, based in the Temaskaming shores, was Ontario’s first producer of verified-grass-fed butter and cheeses. It was purchased by Gay Lea in 2019 from cattle genetics company EastGen. Gay Lea closed […] Read more
The former CEO of Gay Lea Foods says “the worst is behind us now” on the repercussions of signing the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union in 2016.
News

United response needed to supply management threats

Outgoing Gay Lea CEO says there will continue to be opportunities for Canadian dairy

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Recently retired Gay Lea Foods Cooperative CEO Michael Barrett believes opportunities will open up for the Canadian dairy sector as farmers in other parts of the world feel pressure from governments to limit their environmental impact. Dairy supplies into the global marketplace from New Zealand and the European Union are going to be limited due […] Read more
Suzanna Dalrymple will transition into the role of CEO of Gay Lea Foods Oct. 31, replacing Michael Barrett (left) who is retiring at the end of this year.
News

Retiring CEO sees bright future for Gay Lea co-op

Michael Barrett oversaw company’s expansion into goats and other provinces

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Michael Barrett, CEO of Gay Lea Foods, will retire early next year and he predicts bright futures both for the producer co-operative and the Canadian dairy sector. Barrett’s successor beginning to ease into her role as the CEO of the 1,400 member dairy producer co-operative on Oct. 31. “I’m not only confident there’s a future […] Read more
One of the new silos that have been erected at Gay Lea’s Teewater plant is hoisted. Processors made significant investments in dairy processing that could be put at risk with the new USMCA trade deal.
Livestock, News

Dairy processors concerned about USMCA trade deal

Processors want compensation to be distributed differently than under CETA

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The organization representing dairy processors says it is resolutely against the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal. The CEO of the lobby organization representing processors told Farmtario in early October that he “anxiously awaits the Canadian text to be published” containing the deal’s precise details. “Canada’s dairy processing industry is deeply disappointed […] Read more

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