Tom Benschop talked to Russian dairy farmers during a tour of his farm before the Durham East Holstein twilight meeting.

Russian dairies compete on value added

Dairy farmers from Russia recently learned about Canada’s dairy system on a tour of Ontario farms

Russian dairy farmers often process their milk as a way to survive the prices offered by large processors. Vladimir Kalgin is one of those farmers. He, with his business partner, […] Read more


Milk production has increased across the country faster than the also-increasing demand.

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 […] Read more





Don Mayo gestures during his presentation about the promotion of Canadian milk.  Photo: John Greig

Milk ad awareness beating top brands

Dairy Farmers of Canada has been pushed to better measure the effectiveness its farmer-funded milk promotion

Dairy Farmers of Canada continues to build its ability to measure the success of its marketing campaigns and return on investment after Dairy Farmers of Ontario pulled its promotion funding […] Read more



EU livestock farmers get compensation

Dairy farmers receive funds to offset price slump after scrapping of quotas

Brussels/Paris – Reuters — The European Union will grant an additional 500 million euros (C$721 million) to EU farmers struggling with a long-running crisis linked to low prices, notably in the […] Read more