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China promotes livestock farming to digest corn stocks

Aug. 10, 2017 at 2:35 pm CDT

Beijing/China – China wants to turn its grain basket in the northeast into a national meat and dairy production base, said the agriculture ministry on Thursday, as part of a broader plan to create stronger demand for the region’s main crops. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia account for around […]

Greig: Dairy sector gets funds for technology, less import control than hoped

Aug. 2, 2017 at 3:21 pm CDT

By John Greig

NAFTA dispute resolution mechanism critical, Canada says

Jul. 18, 2017 at 8:11 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Ontario’s dairy group names new GM

May. 23, 2017 at 5:43 pm CDT

By John Greig

Trudeau defends dairy system against Trump protectionist charge

Apr. 20, 2017 at 8:44 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Leah Schnurr

Trump vows to back U.S. dairy farmers in Canada trade spat

Apr. 18, 2017 at 7:21 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to defend U.S. dairy farmers who have been hurt by Canada’s protectionist trade practices, during a visit to the cheese-making state of Wisconsin. Canada’s dairy sector is protected by high tariffs on imported products and controls on domestic production as a […]

By Rod Nickel

Dreyfus sees recovery after two-year profit slide

Apr. 3, 2017 at 6:15 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Louis Dreyfus’ core earnings fell for a second year in 2016 amid a persistent high supply of crops, but the agricultural commodity trader said a revamp of operations should help results this year. Large inventories, low prices and limited volatility have curbed margins in the past […]

By Gus Trompiz

Lactalis short of threshold to delist Parmalat

Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:33 pm CDT

Milan | Reuters — France’s Lactalis failed to reach the 90 per cent stake in Parmalat it required to proceed to delist the Italian food company in the last day of a buyout offer, a filing by the Milan bourse showed Tuesday. Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy firm, bought 15.11 […]

By Reuters

Scotsburn ice cream business sale to Agropur cleared

Feb. 2, 2017 at 11:36 am CST

Canada’s biggest dairy co-operative has been given the all-clear to close its deal for an Atlantic dairy co-op’s ice cream business. Agropur Co-operative on Thursday announced it has bought the assets of Truro, N.S.-based Scotsburn Co-operative Services, which include the company’s plants in Truro and in Lachute, Que. as well […]

By Staff

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