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Despite higher costs, Canada can be competitive through higher productivity and diversification, say Cam and Stephanie Murphy, front, with her mother Carol, sister Lacey and father Dean.
Dairy Cattle, Guide Business

Taking control of their dairy future

For this young couple, the future means a multi-pronged business strategy, with cost control, diversification and a focus on efficiency

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Just as the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was being signed last fall, Cam and Stephanie Murphy were signing a very different sort of partnership agreement. They were becoming part owners of a 45-cow dairy farm near Hastings, two hours east of Toronto. Together with Stephanie’s parents, Dean and Carol Warner, they took on a seven-figure debt […] Read more
Increased efficiency and lower debt will also aid succession, say Jan and Tracy Bassa, here with oldest son Derrick.
Dairy Cattle, Guide Business

Focusing on efficiency in dairy production

The good old days aren’t coming back, but the Bassas believe success is still possible for farms that focus from top to bottom on efficiency

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Reading Time: 5 minutes In 1991, Piet and Ina Bassa sold their dairy farm in Holland, packed up their family and headed to Canada, leaving not only Europe’s high costs but also its tough environmental regulations and manure quotas that made expansion almost impossible. Importantly, their sons, Jan and Kees, were keen to start farming, so the family bought […] Read more
“I want to get better instead of bigger,” says Kevin MacLean, farming an hour north of the New York State border.
Dairy Cattle, Guide Business

Profitability and sustainability in the dairy business

Kevin MacLean wants consumers and politicians to know how valuable supply management is for Canada

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Reading Time: 4 minutes For Kevin MacLean, the cost of quota is just part of being in a business he loves. “I’ve never seen quota as a risk. Just like you need land to crop, you need quota to dairy farm. It’s a long-term investment.” MacLean echoes a sentiment sometimes heard in country circles. There are two things you […] Read more
What’s turning heads is that the Loewith farm, including Ben and Dave above, are known Canada-wide for their excellence in the barn.
Crops

No till goes dairy farming

In many ways, it’s been an easy transition for this dairy family

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Reading Time: 6 minutes The Loewiths don’t describe themselves as a crop innovators, but they’re certainly not hesitant to glean advice from others and, with some careful consideration, adapt a practice or an approach to the conditions on their farm. So, while the move to no till in a dairy operation might seem a little different to some, with […] Read more
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Crops, Dairy Cattle, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Louis Dreyfus ring-fences some units, considers options

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Reading Time: 2 minutes London | Reuters — Louis Dreyfus Commodities is ring-fencing its crop inputs, metals, juice and dairy units and is considering options ranging from joint ventures to the sale of certain assets, a senior company source said. In December, Reuters reported the trade house had been seeking buyers for its juice and fertilizer units for some […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Canola, Cereals, Dairy Cattle, Fruit/Vegetables, General, Hogs, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Canada’s federal government has pledged a suite of compensation programs for supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors, against what it promises will be a mousehole in Canada’s tariff wall. Federal officials on Monday confirmed negotiations have concluded on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, now billed as “the largest, most ambitious free trade initiative in history.” The […] Read more
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Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Machinery, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters –– Trailing in second place with two weeks left before Canada’s election, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new trade deal Monday that largely protects the key agricultural voting bloc, putting pressure on opponents who had hoped to have more to attack. Harper touted the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a good deal […] Read more
TPP trade ministers, shown here in July in Maui, have meetings in Atlanta on Wednesday and Thursday. (USTR.gov)
Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

TPP trade ministers push to wrap up ambitious trade deal

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Atlanta | Reuters — Pacific trade ministers readied on Wednesday to close the biggest trade deal in a generation but warned there was still work to be done on issues ranging from intellectual property to trade in dairy and automobiles. Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said ministers from the 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership […] Read more
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, shown here in February in Brampton, Ont., said farmers and processors would be “compensated” for losses incurred through any increased market access granted under a TPP deal. (Agr.gc.ca)
Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Canada to pay farmers for any losses under TPP deal, Ritz says

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Canadian farmers will receive government compensation for any losses resulting from a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, the country’s agriculture minister said Wednesday in a discussion about the nation’s protected farm sectors. The U.S., New Zealand and Australia want Canada to start dismantling a system of supply and import controls over dairy, poultry […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Tokyo | Reuters — Japan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact, after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 per cent of the global economy. Ministers from the 12 nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership […] Read more

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