The foamability of milk is once more in the spotlight, and the BC Milk Marketing Board is now giving producers information that can help them anticipate potential issues. “We now have enough research and data gathered to know that milk that has free fatty acids greater than 1.2 mmol/100g butterfat will not foam,” the board …
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Ben Janzen recognized for service
High production costs, narrow margins and market opportunities were key topics of discussion at the BC Dairy Industry Conference in Vancouver last week. A pre-conference meeting of producers with national industry representatives underscored the severe challenges BC producers are facing as incomes fall short of production costs and interest rates show no sign of abating …
Marketing board chooses new entrant finalists
ABBOTSFORD – The BC Milk Marketing Board has selected five producers to participate in this year’s New Entrant Program. The board chose four producers from a shortlist of seven candidates selected by random draw earlier this year to enter conventional production. One producer was chosen to meet the demand for organic production out of a …
BC Milk, Dairy grow closer
Western Canada’s dairy associations continue to grow closer, with this week’s announcement that the BC Milk Marketing Board and BC Dairy Association will move in together next summer. “The two boards are taking steps to function together under a single strategy, and over the next 12 months operations will be coming together to create a new …
Berg appointed WMP CEO
A swift but extensive selection process has secured the Western Milk Pool a chief executive officer to oversee the group’s transformation into the coordinating body for the five Western dairy associations. Nolan Berg of Edmonton was chosen following interviews in mid April that reviewed a shortlist of candidates from both within and outside WMP’s member …
Organic growth in sight
Seventeen candidates have stepped forward to produce organic milk in BC as part of the BC Milk Marketing Board’s expansion of its New Entrant Program (NEP) to organic producers. Unlike the regular NEP, a draw was not held to establish a short list of candidates. All applicants who submitted a completed application by the February …