Insights and Stories on Dairy Cattle

Feb. 18, 2015 at 5:40 pm CST

The beef cow that became Canada’s 19th case of BSE is now confirmed as Canada’s first-ever case to be born after tighter limits were imposed on use of cattle parts in livestock feed. Without specifying a home municipality, spokesmen for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said on a conference […]

By Dave Bedard

Feb. 13, 2015 at 6:46 pm CST

The cow confirmed Thursday as Canada’s 19th domestic case of BSE, and just its third case in the past five years, is still somewhat of a stranger to federal officials. Representatives with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), on a conference call Friday, said they haven’t yet confirmed the cow’s […]

By Dave Bedard

Feb. 13, 2015 at 9:49 am CST

Anyone hoping Canada had shut the book on BSE in its cattle herd and could someday soon regain “negligible risk” status has been dealt a new setback. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed late Thursday that a beef cow in Alberta is Canada’s 19th home-grown case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, […]

By Staff

Feb. 6, 2015 at 7:58 pm CST

Canada’s biggest dairy processor has a new chief heading up its Canadian dairy division. Montreal-based Saputo Inc. announced Friday it named Carl Colizza, today the Canadian dairy division’s senior vice-president for strategic business development, as the division’s president and chief operating officer. Colizza, who’s worked for Saputo since 1998 and […]

By Staff

Feb. 5, 2015 at 6:54 pm CST

Reuters — Canada’s tightly managed dairy sector limits domestic opportunities for Saputo, the country’s largest dairy, forcing it to focus on growth elsewhere, the company’s chief executive said Thursday. CEO Lino Saputo Jr. emphasized in an interview that the company is not lobbying Ottawa to either dismantle or preserve Canada’s […]

By Rod Nickel