Agri-Business
Plans have been drawn up to build the world’s biggest integrated dairy farm and milk powder production facility in Algeria
Dairy
Many calves will be approaching eight weeks of age in the coming days and weeks, which means their gradual weaning will be set to commence.
The government of Brazil is planning to buy milk powder at retail prices in a bid to support the country’s dairy farmers.
The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event has concluded with the GDT price index up 0.6%. The...
Arla Foods has officially opened a €190 million expansion of its dairy production facility in...
Arla Foods has said that it sees "great potential" for growth in its biggest market in southeast Asia; Bangladesh.
N.Ireland
The international milk industry is now operating within business cycles that last up to four years, according to Dairy UK’s Dr. Mike Johnston
It is hoped ambitious expansion plans will allow one of the north's biggest milk processors to allay Brexit fears and drive export sales.
Shares in Huishan Dairy Holdings, China's biggest dairy company, plunged by 85% on Friday, wiping close to $4 billion from its market value.
Dairy farmers protest in Brussels demanding a permanent crisis instrument that prevents surpluses of milk powder on the dairy market.
The first sales of SMP from intervention resulted in just 40t of product being sold.
US producers of milk powder are set to bring significant amounts of new production capacity online over the next two years
Questions are now being asked as to whether intervention is the most suitable support mechanism for the dairy sector.
Sales of Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) into intervention has reached 216,791t since the start of the year and is now almost over the already extended limit of 218,000t.
World News
Efforts to crack down on China’s cross-border online selling platforms has led to confusion in the trade of dairy products in recent weeks, according to the AHDB.
The EU has officially lifted its ceilings on the levels of milk powder and butter that can be put into intervention in a single year.
The volumes of milk powder offered to intervention since the start of the year have reached the EU's limit of 109,000t.
In China, imports of Whole Milk Powder and Skimmed Milk Powder are back to normal levels, according to the European Commission's latest outlook.
One of the world’s largest dairy exporters fear Greek stockpiling. FrieslandCampina have increased the quantity of dairy products exported to Greece.
First Milk has confirmed pre-tax losses of approximately £22m for 2014/15.
China’s imports of milk and dairy powders may stay restrained for longer than expected
The one difference in milk powder versus full milk is consistency; cows are more capable of producing a consistent product than we are, Cathal McAleer says.
