The Board has received an update from the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) regarding the planned compensation for dairy producers as a result of market access commitments made under recent international trade agreements. All producers should receive a…
Since October 12, 2019, we noticed a significant increase in high Individual Bacteria Count (IBC) test results for producers. Our goal is to only report samples which we believe are a true representation of a producer’s milk…
The BC Milk Marketing Board (BCMMB) submitted a policy on non-family succession to the BC Farm Industry Review Board (BC FIRB) on May 10, 2019 following two years of consultation. The BC FIRB provided the following decision…
Statements: Since the September Producer Statements (for August production) will be uploaded to the producer secure area of MMS by the end of the day, we wanted to highlight some of the key differences in…
When milk samples are taken on farm, we affix a unique barcode to coordinate and differentiate between milk samples for testing. We are aware of an issue where we received a batch of duplicate barcodes…
The Board wishes to notify all Organic Producers that there will be a Specialty (Organic) Quota Exchange in October 2019. Details for the First October 2019 Specialty Quota Exchange are as follows: 0.83 kilograms/day of…
As per the federal government’s announcement of August 16, 2019, dairy farmers across Canada will be paid $1.75B over eight years as compensation for the losses to Canadian dairy farmers due to the impact of…
On October 1, 2018, the national dairy system agreed to change the way milk production was forecasted in the country. This model, commonly referred to as TR/TQ (total requirements/total quota), was developed by the Canadian…
