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…

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…

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…

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…