Reading Time: 2 minutes Beginning in April, dairy producers will be facing payment changes as processors and industry move to meet consumer demands and trends.
Dairy marketplace faces big changes
Questions remain about soon-to-be implemented changes to the price ratio as well as the upcoming CUSMA review
Rural municipalities push legalization of raw milk onto provincial agenda
Despite warnings from scientists, a raw milk advocate says legalizing its sale in Alberta will minimize the risks
Reading Time: 5 minutes Drinking raw milk comes with numerous risks, but proponents of a proposed amendment to Alberta’s Food and Drug Act say legalizing its sale could be a boon for small farms in the province.
Is inflammation the real cause of milk fever in cattle?
University of Alberta researcher Burim Ametaj's new theory challenges 200 years of science
Reading Time: 4 minutes UAlberta researcher Burim Ametaj's theory challenges 200 hundred years of science and his work may change the approach for treatment.
Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026
The Canadian Dairy Commission will raise its farm gate milk price by 2.3255 per cent in February, the Crown corporation announced on Friday.
Bird flu virus could be airborne: study
A research study from the United States suggests that bird flu could have spread amongst cattle through the air or contaminated wastewater at dairy farms.
Canada and New Zealand resolve dairy trade dispute, Canada says
Only minor policy changes to TRQs
Canada and New Zealand have reached a “mutually satisfactory” resolution to a long-running dispute over access for dairy products, the Canadian government said in a statement on Thursday.
Supply management bill goes straight to Senate
The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate
The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate
DLG North America appoints new managing director
Canadian Dairy Expo set for April 2-3
DLG (German Agricultural Society) has appointed Ulrike Schmidt-Machinek as the managing director at its new DLG North America subsidiary based in Elora, Ont.
Are white ear tags shortchanging beef-on-dairy calves?
Beef-on-dairy calves have DairyTrace tags, not CCIA yellow tags. Does that make a difference at auction?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Beef-on-dairy calves have DairyTrace tags, not CCIA yellow tags. Does that make a difference at auction?
Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025
The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.
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