Source: James Mccarten, The Canadian Press, globalnews.ca, April 28, 2020 The new USMCA requires the elimination of a pricing system that restricted American imports of certain products, while also opening 3.6 of the Canadian Dairy Market to U.S. producers. The federal government has betrayed Canada’s dairy processors by allowing the United States to activate the new North… Continue reading If CUSMA takes effect in July Canada’s dairy industry could lose $100M
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Due to falling demand, dairy farmers begin dumping their supply
Source: Jackie Vandinther, ctvnews.ca, April 7, 2020 With processing plants at capacity and demand way down, dairy farmers are having no choice but to dump their supply. TORONTO — Dairy farmers across Canada and the U.S. are watching their profits go down the drain as they try to manage the widespread disruptions the COVID-19 pandemic has… Continue reading Due to falling demand, dairy farmers begin dumping their supply
Canada still exporting lots to China: analyst
Source: Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm, December 3, 2019 Winnipeg,(MarketsFarm) – Ivy Li brought a much different perspective about China to the Grain World Conference in Saskatoon, Sask. Specializing in Chinese agricultural markets, the Beijing-based independent analyst veered away from the usual statements that often cast China as the bad guy on the world stage. Also, Li… Continue reading Canada still exporting lots to China: analyst
Alta. gets dairy concentration facility
Source: Jeremy Simes, Producer.com, November 28, 2019 “This is good news for dairy farmers, dairy processors, and the economy in Western Canada,” Western Canada’s provincial milk boards plan on building a new $50 million dairy concentration facility in Alberta, aiming to help ease the number of trucks that are required to ship milk through the… Continue reading Alta. gets dairy concentration facility
Feds to compensate dairy sector
Source: Jeremy Simes, Producer.com, August 19, 2019 The federal government has announced it will make $1.75 billion available to Canada’s dairy farmers, compensating producers for losses in domestic market access due to new trade agreements. Unveiling the compensation package today in Compton, Que., agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the dollars will be doled out over eight… Continue reading Feds to compensate dairy sector
Dairy braces for trade deal losses
Source: Barb Glen, Producer.com, November 29, 2018 CALGARY — Various Canadian agricultural commodity groups have praised results of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, noting it preserved an existing export relationship and limited the trade uncertainty generated by renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. And if the dairy industry had to allow access to 3.5 percent… Continue reading Dairy braces for trade deal losses
Ont. couple’s passion for dairy industry inspired country
Source: Robert Arnason, Producer.com, July 19, 2018 Henk and Bettina Schuurman were travelling across Canada in their tractor when they were involved in a fatal accident July 9 Dairy producers and the farming community around Elmira, Ont., are devastated. On July 9, a semi-trailer truck crashed into a tractor driven by Henk and Bettina Schuurmans on… Continue reading Ont. couple’s passion for dairy industry inspired country
No good alternative if supply management ended: report
Source: Karen Briere, Producer.com, June 12, 2018 Canada should not bow to American demands to eliminate Class 7 milk or the entire supply management system for dairy, said policy expert Al Mussell. The research lead at Agri-Food Economic Systems said there is no good alternative to the current system. But Mussell also said Canada should… Continue reading No good alternative if supply management ended: report
Dairy unfazed by trade attacks
Source: Ed White, Producer.com, January 4, 2018 Farmers convinced that supply management has public support and will survive domestic and international pressure Dairy supply management might appear to be jeopardizing Canada’s trading relations in many parts of the globe and drawing a lot of fire, but its defenders seem more confident, defiant and optimistic than… Continue reading Dairy unfazed by trade attacks
Feds remain staunch supporters of supply management
Source: Karen Briere, The Western Producer, October 17, 2017 In a conference call from Europe, where he was helping launch the trade agreement with the European Union, MacAulay said supply management is an excellent system that warrants defending. Canada will continue to defend its supply management system for dairy in the face of American demands… Continue reading Feds remain staunch supporters of supply management