Reading Time: < 1 minute The first thing we were asked when we entered the barn at the University of Alberta’s Dairy Research Technology Centre was, “No pictures, please.” But Harold Lehman, who manages the facility, had a good reason for it. “Most people will see these pictures and not have any context about what’s going on,” he told the […] Read more
Ag research isn’t always pretty — but it’s always pretty interesting
Conference board’s supply management reform ill conceived
Scrapping the current system would require government to subsidize both domestic production and exports
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Conference Board of Canada embraces the mantra that “all growth is good.” Its plan to change supply management for growth is a prescription for weakening, if not eliminating, the three pillars of supply management for dairy production in Canada — production controls, import tariffs and farmers’ cost-of-production pricing — in order to produce more […] Read more
The time has come to scrap supply management
Canada has a unique opportunity to supply the world with dairy products, but first it must phase out supply management
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dairy supply management is an old solution to an old problem. The approach of setting dairy prices, controlling production, and controlling imports has been costly to Canadians as a whole and to dairy farmers for a long time. Today, Canada has an opportunity to break with supply management for the benefit of everyone — and […] Read more
Dairy seminar delivered the goods on crossbreeding
Dairy Cases
Reading Time: 2 minutes For us, one of the highlights of this year’s Western Canadian Dairy Seminar was the presentation on crossbreeding. We thought it was pretty progressive of the seminar’s organizing committee to put crossbreeding on the program because a lot of dairy farmers in Canada avoid this very valuable practice. Frank Buckley’s presentation was fast and he […] Read more
Dairy conference offers mix of latest research and farmer practicality
Using genomics for feed efficiency, breeding for disease resistance, and crossbreeding hot topics at annual event
Reading Time: 2 minutes When it comes to the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar, you just have to be there, says Gezinus Martens. “For dairy producers this is the most important seminar to go to and the most well-attended one in Western Canada,” said the Calmar-area dairy producer and Alberta Milk director. “It’s a really good mix of farm-level technology […] Read more
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