Insights and Stories on Dairy Cattle

Dairy sector still working toward ingredients strategy

Feb. 15, 2017 at 3:12 pm CST

The Canadian dairy industry has missed a self-imposed deadline for the Feb. 1 implementation of a national ingredients strategy — but work continues toward that implementation. The strategy is meant to create a lower-priced class of milk, Class 7, to encourage the use of skim milk powder in further-processed ingredients. […]

Agropur co-op names new chief

Feb. 10, 2017 at 7:33 pm CST

By Staff

Agropur raises 2016 sales, patronage dividends

Feb. 9, 2017 at 6:23 pm CST

By Staff

Scotsburn ice cream business sale to Agropur cleared

Feb. 2, 2017 at 11:36 am CST

By Staff

Lactalis offer for Italy’s Parmalat seen too low

Jan. 20, 2017 at 1:41 pm CST

By Reuters

Ontario dairy sector optimistic with expanding demand

Jan. 16, 2017 at 7:34 pm CST

Ontario’s dairy industry is in a period of unprecedented growth, with over 15 per cent more quota going to dairy farmers in less than two years. There are almost certainly more quota increases to come, in order to increase milk production to displace significant volumes of butter now being imported. […]

By John Greig

New OVC vet rotation focuses on dairy animal welfare

Dec. 20, 2016 at 4:14 pm CST

The Ontario Veterinary College has added a dairy animal welfare rotation to its fourth-year curriculum, as part of an increased focus on animal well-being. The rotation is offered through the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare at the University of Guelph, where research has been conducted on animal […]

By John Greig

Explosion leaves U.S. ready-made whipped cream in short supply

Dec. 19, 2016 at 8:23 pm CST

New York | Reuters — American sweet tooths may suffer this holiday season as a ready-made whipped cream shortage could leave such favorites as apple pie or a mug of hot chocolate without a little extra on top. The creamy dessert topping is in short supply after an August explosion […]

By Timothy McLaughlin

Major dairy farm gets six-figure fines in cruelty case

Dec. 19, 2016 at 8:10 pm CST

British Columbia’s largest dairy farm has been slapped with a reported $300,000 in fines after entering guilty pleas to charges of animal cruelty, stemming from covert video shot in 2014. Chilliwack Cattle Sales (CCS) and co-owner Wesley Kooyman were convicted Friday in Provincial Court over violations of the province’s Prevention […]

By Staff

‘Non-GMO’ label to land on Canadian cheese

Dec. 5, 2016 at 9:15 am CST

A Manitoba cheesemaker is poised to be the first in Canada to offer a “Non-GMO Verified” cheese line, using milk from cows fed non-GMO crops. Bothwell Cheese announced Tuesday it plans to be the first in the country to offer cheeses made with milk that comes from dairy farms verified […]

By Staff

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Insights and Stories on Dairy Cattle

Dairy sector still working toward ingredients strategy

Agropur co-op names new chief

Agropur raises 2016 sales, patronage dividends

Scotsburn ice cream business sale to Agropur cleared

Lactalis offer for Italy’s Parmalat seen too low

Ontario dairy sector optimistic with expanding demand

New OVC vet rotation focuses on dairy animal welfare

Explosion leaves U.S. ready-made whipped cream in short supply

Major dairy farm gets six-figure fines in cruelty case

‘Non-GMO’ label to land on Canadian cheese

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