Luisa D’Amato, Waterloo Region Record, 02 Aug 2008
It’s Sandi’s turn to be milked.
She stands patiently in the barn, her pale-pink udder bulging between her long legs, as dairy farmer Terry Lebold wipes her teats with antibacterial solution and attaches four suction cups to them.
Within five minutes, about 20 litres of milk has been vacuumed out of her, the white liquid whirling through transparent plastic tubes. Lebold touches her hind flank lightly, disconnects the machine and quickly dips her teats in a reddish iodine solution to prevent infection.
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Jennifer Bain, Toronto Star, 2007.04.04
The real deal about veal; The Ontario Veal Association president opens her barn for a tour, encouraging butchers, supermarkets, chefs and consumers to learn more about this lean red meat
Ontario farmers want you to know how they do – and don’t – produce veal.
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An agri-food spin on summer camps help prepare the future leaders of Canada’s agriculture sector
By OWEN ROBERTS, Guelph Mercury, July 30, 2007
The University of Guelph campus is alive this summer with camps and kids making great use of the facilities during the school’s quiet time, and getting a taste of what it would be like to be a student here.
The agricultural community has a special vested interest in having pre-university students on campus early and often, to excite them about joining the ranks of the storied Ontario Agricultural College “Aggies,” who time and again assume leadership positions in Canada’s vital and growing agri-food sector.
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By Sally Cole, The Guardian (Charlottetown), 2007.07.30
Dylan Howard’s face lights up when he talks about dairy farming.
“There’s a definite routine, but every day is different. One moment you could be treating a cow for mastitis (inflamed udder), the next you could be fixing a piece of broken machinery, building a barn or watching calves being born.
“So for me, it’s not work, it’s something that I really enjoy,” says Howard, laughing as a day-old calf tries to suck his finger during mealtime at Howardvale Holsteins.
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By Suzanne Atkinson – AgriNews Contributor, Eastern Ontario AgriNews
June, 2008
Bart Nelson is bored. So are his cows.
On a day that could be fraught with bawls of distressed cattle, classic man vs. beast battles of brawn and lost production, boredom is a good thing.
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By Sarah Trickett, Farmers Weekly (UK), 20/11/2008
It is hard to comprehend the fact that Canadian dairy farmers pay a quota cost of $30,000 (£16,470)/kg of butterfat a day. With an average butterfat at just over 1kg, you are looking at a bill of $45,000 (£24,706)/kg of butterfat a day.
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