Category: dairy industry

Don’t Have a Cow: Senator’s Legen-Dairy Speech Draws Metaphor From Bovine Caper

November 26, 2022
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Haven’t you herd? A dramatic tale of 20 escaped cows, nine cowboys and a drone recently unfolded in St-Sévère, Que., and it behooved a Canadian senator to milk it for all it was worth. Prompting priceless reactions of surprise from her colleagues, Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne recounted the story of the bovine fugitives in the Senate…

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Hundreds of Florida Dairy Cows Perish in Ian’s Savage Wake

October 3, 2022
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MYAKKA CITY, Fla.—They hustled the herd from their stalls and into the open fields where the cows would be safer from the storm, a practice honed during a half-century of dairy farming in Florida and in Maine for a century before. The massive steel-frame, metal-roof barns that housed Dakin Dairy Farm’s nearly 5,000 Holsteins could…

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US Win in Trade Dispute Could Benefit Canadian Dairy Consumers

June 2, 2021
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News Analysis The trade agreement that replaced NAFTA has put new pressures on the Canadian dairy industry that has long operated under a government-regulated supply management system. But while some are concerned about the impact on Canada’s dairy sector, others say a U.S. win could be good news for Canadian consumers. Food distribution and policy…

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Quebec Dairy Group Looks to Obtain Official Designation to Protect Poutine’s Identity

May 19, 2021
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MONTREAL—A group representing Quebec’s dairy industry says it’s eyeing a special government designation for the term poutine in order to better promote it internationally. Luc Boivin, a cheese producer and member of the Conseil des Industriels laitiers du Québec, says the traditional dish of fries, cheese curds, and gravy has become a source of national…

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