Insights and Stories on Dairy Farmers Of Ontario

May. 23, 2017 at 5:43 pm CDT

Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) has found its new general manager within the organization. Graham Lloyd, the organization’s general counsel, secretary to the board and director of communications, is the new general manager, replacing Peter Gould, the organization’s long-time manager. Gould, trained as an economist, has been with DFO since […]

By John Greig

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

Jun. 17, 2016 at 7:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Two weeks after rallying on Parliament Hill to protest Trans-Pacific and European trade agreements, some dairy farmers say the government is still slacking when it comes to supporting their industry. The immediate crisis, according to Jan Slomp, a Vancouver Island dairy farmer and president of the National […]

By Erin DeBooy

Jun. 19, 2015 at 2:51 pm CDT

Strong demand for high-butterfat dairy products, soft demand for fluid milk and maxed-out capacity to make skim milk powder have led Ontario’s dairy farmers in recent weeks to dump surplus skim milk in lagoons. A letter to producers last Friday from Dairy Farmers of Ontario board chairman Ralph Dietrich, intended […]

By Staff

Apr. 13, 2015 at 8:17 pm CDT

The co-operative behind one of Canada’s biggest names in organic dairy goods is in creditor protection and aiming to negotiate new terms on the eight figures owing to its creditors and members. Organic Meadow Co-operative announced Monday it had filed for creditor protection “in order to complete a restructuring of […]

By Staff