Reading Time: < 1 minute A bid to boost sales of Canadian dairy, sheep and goat genetics in export markets has picked up seven-figure federal funding. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Wednesday announced $1.6 million for the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association (CLGA), mainly to help the association achieve its target of increasing sales and exports of dairy genetics by 10 […] Read more
Feds back livestock genetics marketing push
The goal is gouda
Adam and Hannie van Bergeijk got their top-quality Gouda cheese into Sobeys, but only by overcoming a series of roadblocks
Reading Time: 4 minutes Two years after he began making cheese commercially on his New Hamburg, Ont. dairy farm, Adam van Bergeijk admits he is pleased with their progress. “We’re close to our targets,” he says. But van Bergeijk also admits it’s been a long haul to get to this point. About 25 per cent of the milk from […] Read more
EU provides aid to dairy sector after Russian ban
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission announced financial support for exporters of dairy products hit by Russia’s ban on Western food imports, adding to emergency measures already taken to help fruit and vegetable producers. Moscow this month imposed a one-year embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables from the U.S., the European Union, […] Read more
Lookout Holsteins and Jerseys ‘start from scratch’
Like a growing number of Canadian operations, Quebec’s Lookout finds success by heading in a direction all it’s own
Reading Time: 6 minutes Wrong turns are part of steering any business to success, as are some unexpectedly bumpy roads. There is no such thing as a perfect roadmap, with the upshot that many young farmers suffer indecision along the way, and some even abandon their course at times. All the same, the story of Lookout Holsteins and Jerseys […] Read more
Supreme Court rejects raw-milk dairyman’s appeal
Reading Time: 3 minutes An Ontario dairyman’s legal challenge of bans on the sale of unpasteurized milk has ended at the Supreme Court of Canada’s doormat. The country’s top court on Thursday dismissed — without costs — the application from Durham, Ont. farmer Michael Schmidt, in which he sought leave to appeal previous losses at Ontario’s Court of Justice and […] Read more
Milk prices sink as ‘white gold’ floods even China’s demand
Reading Time: 3 minutes Wellington/Shanghai | Reuters –– Hopes of a “white gold” rush fuelled by booming Asian demand for milk and other dairy products have been dealt a blow, as swollen stockpiles in top consumer China and a flood of supply pummel dairy prices. Global dairy prices have fallen more than 40 per cent since February, according to […] Read more
Saputo posts bigger profit, hikes dividend
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters –– Saputo Inc., Canada’s largest dairy producer, reported higher quarterly earnings on Tuesday, lifted by recent acquisitions. The Montreal-based company also increased its quarterly dividend by 13 per cent to 26 cents from 23 and announced a two-for-one stock split. For Saputo’s first quarter through June 30, net income rose to $145.3 million, or […] Read more
U.S. officials call foul over Canada’s ‘pizza kit’ clampdown
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ottawa’s move to plug a regulatory hole that eased pizzerias’ access to U.S. mozza seems to have halted traffic in “pizza kits” — but U.S. officials see that move as potentially trade-unfriendly. Officials also estimate the move will effectively shut Canada’s ports to thousands of tons of U.S. pizza toppings valued at up to US$30 million […] Read more
Agropur to take over N.B.’s Northumberland dairy co-op
Reading Time: 2 minutes The dairy arm of New Brunswick’s Northumberland Dairy Co-operative is poised to become part of dairy co-op giant Agropur. Agropur on Monday announced it has an agreement in place with Northumberland to take over the Miramichi, N.B.-based co-operative’s dairy processing and food distribution business, leaving Northumberland with its hardware and building supply operations. Financial terms […] Read more
Agropur to buy Safeway dairy plants in West
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dairy co-operative giant Agropur is set to build its milk muscle in Western Canada with a $356 million play for Sobeys’ former Canada Safeway milk processing plants. Quebec-based Agropur and Nova Scotia-based Sobeys on Tuesday announced a “strategic partnership” agreement in which Agropur will buy the four plants, supply Canada’s Sobeys, IGA and Safeway retail […] Read more
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