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Ben + Jerry’s says ‘happy cows’ lawsuit should be put to pasture

By jonathan-stempel January 14, 2020

Reuters — Ben + Jerry’s said it does not deceive consumers by saying it used milk and cream from “happy cows” to make its ice cream, and that an environmental advocate’s lawsuit claiming otherwise should be dismissed. In a Monday filing seeking to end the proposed nationwide class action, Ben + Jerry’s said James Ehlers […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Gay Lea buys northern Ontario cheesemaker

By GFM Staff December 2, 2019

Ontario’s first producer of verified-grass-fed butter and cheeses is set to become part of the province’s biggest dairy co-operative. Gay Lea Foods said Monday it has completed a deal to buy Thornloe Cheese from its current owner, Guelph-based dairy genetics firm EastGen, for an undisclosed sum. Thornloe Cheese on its website says the business takes […] Read more

Scooter LaPrise, 53, herds his cows into the milking parlour for the morning milking at EMMA Acres dairy farm, in Exeter, Rhode Island, U.S., 7 April, 2018. Scooter shouts “Come on, Ladies!” as he directs his cows from their stalls into the milking parlour. Scooter with his wife has about 30 cows on one of eight remaining dairy farms in Rhode Island.
Photo: Reuter/Oliver Doyle

Dairy Cattle, Reuters

U.S. dairy farmers get little help from Canada trade deal

By Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel October 26, 2018

Madison, Wisconsin/St. Claude, Manitoba | Reuters – Minnesota farmer Paul Fritsche can no longer afford health insurance as he struggles to sustain a dairy farm that has been in his family for nearly a century. With U.S. milk prices in the fourth year of a slump due to chronic oversupply, Fritsche, 58, is unsure whether […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Reuters

U.S. milk producers ask government for more aid, citing $1 bln tariff impact

By Humeyra Pamuk October 25, 2018

Washington | Reuters – U.S. milk producers asked the government to increase aid payments to the industry to offset losses from foreign tariffs, saying dairy farmers have lost more than $1 billion in income since May. The administration of President Donald Trump in late May announced tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Ontario to host plant for U.S. lactose-free milk maker

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 6, 2018

A lactose-free milk brand distributed by Coca-Cola will be produced at a new dairy processing plant to be built at Peterborough, Ont. by early 2020. The facility’s first product will be Fairlife Ultrafiltered Milk, a lactose-free product billed as providing 50 per cent more protein and 50 per cent less sugar than traditional milk. Canada […] Read more

Dairy farmer Lisa Dyck, shown here in 2013, launched Cornell Creme that year producing hand-crafted ice cream made from milk from the dairy farm she and her husband own between Beausejour and Anola. (Co-operator file photo by Lorraine Stevenson)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Eastern Manitoba ice cream maker closes shop

By Lorraine Stevenson April 12, 2018

An eastern Manitoba dairy farmer who began producing a specialty ice cream with the farm’s own milk in 2013 has closed shop citing rising production costs. Lisa Dyck, owner of the Cornell Creme ice cream brand, began producing a line of hand-crafted ice cream in 2013, using milk from the family dairy farm northeast of […] Read more

Purdue University researcher Bruce Applegate says the system could be tested to see if it works without pasteurization. (Purdue Agriculture Communication photo/Tom Campbell)

Dairy Cattle

Cool-temperature process extends milk shelf life

Rapid heating and cooling by 10 C

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 20, 2016

Purdue University researchers say they have developed a milk preservation system using a lower temperature than pasteurization, but providing a longer shelf life. The researchers found that increasing the temperature of milk by 10 C for less than a second and then cooling it rapidly eliminates more than 99 per cent of the bacteria left […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

EU livestock farmers get compensation

Dairy farmers receive funds to offset price slump after scrapping of quotas

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 18, 2016

Brussels/Paris – Reuters — The European Union will grant an additional 500 million euros (C$721 million) to EU farmers struggling with a long-running crisis linked to low prices, notably in the dairy sector where it aims to reverse a boom in milk output after the scrapping of production quotas. European milk farmers have been struggling with […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock

Monitoring the suckle reflex in calves

By Roy Lewis Dvm January 29, 2016

Some recent research has revealed a test that easily predicts which calves should receive supplemental colostrum at only a few minutes old. It was the result of some work by Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky, a veterinarian at the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary, as she was comparing various testing procedures to determine […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock

Get ready for calving

By Dr. Ron Clarke January 18, 2016

Another list you might say. Seems important things tendered as advice always come in a list; some is trivia, some make sense, others simply repeat what’s been said before. The following is a bit of all three, but needs to be offered as a reminder each calving season. Hang this one by the door and […] Read more

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Ben + Jerry’s says ‘happy cows’ lawsuit should be put to pasture

Gay Lea buys northern Ontario cheesemaker

U.S. dairy farmers get little help from Canada trade deal

U.S. milk producers ask government for more aid, citing $1 bln tariff impact

Ontario to host plant for U.S. lactose-free milk maker

Eastern Manitoba ice cream maker closes shop

Cool-temperature process extends milk shelf life

EU livestock farmers get compensation

Monitoring the suckle reflex in calves

Get ready for calving

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