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File photo of a dairy operation in B.C.’s Fraser Valley. (Modfos/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Some B.C. milk runs resume as roads reopen

Sumas Prairie remains under boil water advisory

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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 wake of the Nov. 14-16 storm, with trucks unable to reach farms, the B.C. Milk Marketing Board on Nov. 16 asked that affected dairy farmers […] Read more
Farmers and community members help to rescue stranded cattle from a farm at Abbotsford, B.C. on Nov. 16, 2021, after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in the area. (Photo: Reuters/Jesse Winter)
Livestock

Road closures mean disposal for B.C. milk

Dairy farmers in Kootenays can still move milk east to Alberta

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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 Board on Tuesday said milk won’t be picked up until further notice in several areas where roads are closed and/or trucks can’t enter the Lower […] Read more
MUN testing of dairy cow milk can help monitor their health.
Livestock, News

Modifying MUN testing in dairy cow milk

New calibration for milk can improve accuracy of milk urea nitrogen testin

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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 understand how effectively nitrogen from feed is used in cows’ bodies, with important economic implications for farmers in terms of feed costs, physiological effects for […] Read more
Some North American farms have seen a decrease in colostrum quantity in the first several milkings, and a dairy nutritionist reached out on social media to try to get a better understanding of why it is happening.
Livestock

Are dry cow diets decreasing colostrum quantity?

Specialists ponder trend of low yield from first and second milkings

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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 Farmtario, Trouw Nutrition Canada’s Keith Schweitzer described it as a trend for fresh cows being “slow out of the gate” to ramp up production. “There […] Read more
Eggs are one of the supply management sectors that gave up market access in recent trade deals.
News

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

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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 by Bloc Quebecois MP Louis Plamondon as a means of protecting supply management. If passed, federal negotiators would not be able to involve tariffs or […] Read more
A Pizza Pizza storefront in Winnipeg in 2013. (File photo by Dave Bedard)
Livestock

Blue Cow comes to Pizza Pizza

Dairy Farmers of Canada branding to go on display

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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 rest. DFC and Toronto-based, TSX-traded Pizza Pizza — which as of March 31 included 622 Pizza Pizza and 103 Pizza 73 outlets across eight provinces […] Read more
Wilma and Jim Mol, along with their daughter Nicole, bottle milk and produce natural dairy products such as yogurt, cheese and kefir.
Livestock

Farmers build dairy plant to avoid additives

Thunder Bay area producers address their own concerns about dairy quality

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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 what she attributes to additives in the dairy products. Why it matters: Specialized, natural or niche products are popular with consumers, providing an opportunity for […] Read more
Tim and Sharyn Sargent are expanding into on-farm processing as a way to involve their children in the business.
Livestock, News

Well-known Jersey farm to process its own milk

Processing facility almost ready at Sargent Family Dairy to make milk, butter and camembert cheese

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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 is bright blue with a prominently displayed circular logo featuring the distinctive shape of a Jersey cow. It’s almost ready to begin production as a […] Read more
Screengrab from a 2019 video profiling a day in the life of an Agropur bulk milk grader. (Agropur Cooperative via YouTube)
Livestock, Machinery

Agropur to shed bulk milk handling in Quebec, Nova Scotia

Unnamed buyers to take over Quebec milk runs

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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 milk hauling business to unnamed “companies whose core business is transporting liquid food products,” and would also halt its milk transport work in Nova Scotia. […] Read more
File photo of Agropur’s fluid milk plant in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock

Agropur to shut Winnipeg fluid milk plant

Work to be consolidated in B.C., Alberta

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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 it will close its Winnipeg fluid milk plant effective Sept. 24 — affecting 48 jobs — and transfer that work to plants at Edmonton, Victoria […] Read more

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