INDUSTRY NEWS

Changes to the livestock industry landscape are ushering a new generation of ionophore-free and antibiotics-free feed mills in Canada and the U.S.

Lely International, a family-owned company, intends to sell its forage business, which produces forage harvesting machines, to AGCO Corp.

Holstein Canada is pleased to announce both a Certificate of Superior Accomplishment and a Certificate of Recognition will be presented at the annual general meeting in Richmond Hill, Ont., on April 8, 2017. Albert Cormier of Cormdale Genetics Inc. in Orton, Ont., will receive the Certificate of Superior Accomplishment, while Steve Dolson of Legacy Holsteins in Atwood, Ont., will receive the Certificate of Recognition.

Canadians looking for the real story about their food can get it directly from the source online with virtual visits to farms and processing plants. Farm & Food Care is proud to present its latest national outreach initiative – FarmFood360°.

CanWest DHI is pleased to announce the winner of the National 2016 Herd Management Score award is Larenwood Farms - Chris, Grant and Dan McLaren of Drumbo, Ontario, in Oxford county. For the year 2016, the calculation encompasses 8,000 DHI herds across the country.

On Nov. 10, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) was pleased to see that the government has decided to invest $250 million into dairy farms, as well as $100 million in funding to help spur investment into updating Canada’s dairy processing infrastructure.