Dairy
How to hit the 60% spring grazing target by mid-March
Grazing has been compromised over the last number of weeks on farms due to the weather and poor field conditions....
Dairy
Agri-Business
UK dairy processors struggle to find markets for extra milk and cheese
UK dairy processors are finding it extremely difficult to find markets for milk and cheese this spring, due to the...
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade posts first rise of 2016
The fifth Global Dairy Trade auction of the year posted a rise in dairy prices for the first time this...
Dairy
FrieslandCampina cuts milk price due to drop in dairy prices
FrieslandCampina has cut its guaranteed price for raw milk for March 2016 to €28.50/100kg of milk. That’s the equivalent of...
Dairy
Dairy bull calves better shot than exported or mistreated, says animal welfare group
It is better to promptly and humanely slaughter unwanted dairy bull calves born this spring than for them to be...
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade may post its first rise of 2016 tomorrow
The fifth Global Dairy Trade of the year takes place tomorrow and the latest dairy futures market suggests the auction...
Agri-Business
Improved Fonterra facility to process four times more milk than Belview
Fonterra recently unveiled three new processing plants at its Edendale facility on the South Island of New Zealand. The development, which...
Beef
Late spring turnout sees incidents of mastitis cases jump 100%
The number of E-coli mastitis cases on dairy farmers has doubled this spring compared to the same period last year,...
Dairy
Intervention price must increase - Dairy UK
The Chairman of Dairy UK has written to the UK Farming Minister George Eustice, to raise concerns about the rapidly...
Dairy
New Zealand wades in to blame European farming supports for poor dairy prices
New Zealand has waded into the war of words over who or what is to blame for low dairy prices....
Dairy
Handy tips to keep milking equipment from freezing
With severe frost promised this weekend, freezing weather conditions can affect farming in several ways. The problem of freezing of...
Dairy
Arla UK holds milk price despite market pressure
Despite ongoing downward pressure on dairy markets, Arla Foods is to hold its on-account milk price for March 2016. Arla is...
Dairy
Herd management system a national first for Kerry farmer
A Kerry farmer has become the first in the Republic of Ireland to install a new farm management system that...
Dairy
First year figures from Belview - how did it do?
Belview, the €184m plant designed and built to supply product for export, processed 300m litres of milk last year, well...
Agri-Business
Danone forecasts European milk price rebound in the second half of the year
Dairy giant Danone has forecast that milk prices are expected to edge up this year, with variations from one geographical...
Dairy
US milk production increased on 2014 levels and it's showing no signs of stopping
US milk production for 2015 is up 1.3% on 2014 levels, the latest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
Dairy
Kiwi dairy farmers told by government to 'stand on their own two feet'
New Zealand’s Finance Minister Bill English has ruled out any Government intervention as its dairy sector faces further milk price...
Dairy
LacPatrick and Kerry Group set milk prices for January
LacPatrick co-op has decided to cut its milk price to 25.25c/L for January supplies of milk, down from the 26.00c/L...
