Dairy
Wexford-Donegal partnership wins Winter Fair inter breed title
Breeders from the Republic of Ireland took home a high proportion of the silverware on offer at the Royal Ulster...
Dairy
Agri-Business
Lakeland's Banbridge plant will not be sold - Hanley
Lakeland Dairies’ recently acquired milk processing operation at Banbridge in Co. Down – formerly owned by Fane Valley – is...
Dairy
'Oil price hike may well strengthen world dairy prices'
Global oil prices have surged by 15% in the wake of last week’s decision by the Organisation of the Petroleum...
Dairy
Fourth consecutive rise in prices at the Global Dairy Trade auction
Dairy product prices rose 3.5% at today’s Global Dairy Trade auction, a fourth consecutive rise in prices. It comes following...
Arable
Grazing winter oats – a US perspective
Dairy farmers in the US state of Wisconsin are being encouraged to sow winter oats in early August and then...
Dairy
'Dairy recovery guaranteed as long as we produce what the market wants'
Recovery of the dairy market is guaranteed as long as the industry produces what the market demands, Commissioner Phil Hogan...
Dairy
Milk price climbs in Northern Ireland despite rising October collections
Farmers in Northern Ireland have seen some recovery in the farm-gate milk price despite the volume of milk collected in...
Dairy
Cautious optimism for dairy prices moving forward
Global dairy commodity prices are expected to continue to rise in 2017 due to reduced milk supplies and improved import...
Dairy
October milk production falls below 2015 levels
Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 513.1m litres for October 2016, the latest figures from the...
Dairy
Dutch farmers supplying FrieslandCampina to receive 36c/L for December milk
Dutch dairy FrieslandCampina has increased its guaranteed price for raw milk for December 2016 to €37.50/100kg of milk. This is...
Dairy
How one bull cost the dairy industry millions due to reduced conception rates
One Holstein bull, Pawnee Farm Arlinda Chief (Chief), has cost the dairy industry millions, recent research from US has shown. Research...
Dairy
Australian milk production falls in October
Australian milk production fell 11.4% in October and in the year-to-date (starting in July) overall production is down 10.3% on...
Dairy
Proposed Dutch dairy cull could help to maintain EU milk prices
Farm lobby groups are putting pressure on the Dutch government to introduce a cow culling policy, which would see up...
Dairy
Map: EU milk production fell in September, but remains up on the year-to-date
EU milk collections decreased by 3% in September 2016 compared to September 2015, the latest figures from the EU Milk...
Dairy
Over 20,000t of skimmed milk powder to be released from intervention stocks
A tender procedure to release the first amounts (22,500t) of skimmed milk powder (SMP) out of public intervention stocks will...
Dairy
Sustainability of North's dairy industry 'questionable' post-Brexit
Without the option of free movement of raw milk, product and staff, the sustainability of Northern Ireland’s dairy industry, in...
Dairy
Is your farm up to the six-week in-calf rate challenge?
A six-week in-calf rate is important for driving dairy farm profitability, according to LIC’s Joyce Voogt. Voogt, Manager of the...
Dairy
US milk production increases again in October
US milk production increased 2.7% in October 2016 on the corresponding month last year, figures from the US Department of...
