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Some B.C. milk runs resume as roads reopen
Sumas Prairie remains under boil water advisory
Milk pickups are resuming for some southern British Columbia dairy farmers, days after flooding and landslides caused by a days-long rainstorm cut off vehicle traffic through the region. In the […] Read more

Road closures mean disposal for B.C. milk
Dairy farmers in Kootenays can still move milk east to Alberta
Many of British Columbia’s dairy producers can expect to have to dump raw milk for the near future as highways and other roads are rendered impassable. The B.C. Milk Marketing […] Read more

Modifying MUN testing in dairy cow milk
New calibration for milk can improve accuracy of milk urea nitrogen testin
Present in blood, urine, and milk, the chemical compound urea is the primary form of nitrogen excretion in mammals. Testing for urea levels in dairy cows helps scientists and farmers […] Read more

Are dry cow diets decreasing colostrum quantity?
Specialists ponder trend of low yield from first and second milkings
A dairy nutritionist who reached out to farmers on social media wants to hear from farms not getting enough colostrum on first, second and third milkings. In an interview with […] Read more

Commodity groups split over supply management trade limit
A proposal would prevent the government from giving up any more of the market in trade negotiations
Commodity groups are split along predictable lines over a proposed law that would exclude supply managed commodities from future trade negotiations. Bill C-216 was introduced as a private member’s bill […] Read more

Blue Cow comes to Pizza Pizza
Dairy Farmers of Canada branding to go on display
Pizza Pizza is the latest brand to sport Dairy Farmers of Canada’s “Blue Cow” certification-of-origin mark in its marketing, putting an old fight over the pizza chain’s cheese provenance to […] Read more

Farmers build dairy plant to avoid additives
Thunder Bay area producers address their own concerns about dairy quality
Glacier FarmMedia – Ten years ago, Wilma Mol was frustrated. She had noticed a decline in the quality of yogurt, ice cream and cheese at grocery stores, mostly because of […] Read more

Well-known Jersey farm to process its own milk
Processing facility almost ready at Sargent Family Dairy to make milk, butter and camembert cheese
A new building has been rising within sight of the well-respected Enniskillen dairy barn, within a couple of hundred barn near the Old Scugog Road. The new on-farm processing facility […] Read more

Agropur to shed bulk milk handling in Quebec, Nova Scotia
Unnamed buyers to take over Quebec milk runs
Dairy co-operative Agropur is stepping away from hauling farmers’ milk in two of the provinces where it does business. The Quebec company announced Monday it would sell its Quebec bulk […] Read more

Agropur to shut Winnipeg fluid milk plant
Work to be consolidated in B.C., Alberta
Dairy co-operative Agropur will consolidate its fluid milk production for Western Canada further west this fall, as it moves to shut its operation in Winnipeg. The Quebec-based co-operative announced Tuesday […] Read more