Dairy
Global Dairy Trade rises for a second time at latest auction
Dairy product prices rose again at the most recent Fonterra Global Dairy Trade auction. The event represents the second positive auction for...
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Agri-Business
Declining milk prices hits Arla; revenue drops 3.8% year-on-year
Globally declining milk prices have impacted Arla Foods in the first half of 2015 with revenue down 3.8% year-on-year, the...
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Profitable milk production and quality to be discussed at west Cork conference
A Taste of West Cork will hold an event to highlight how Irish milk is used once it leaves the...
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Four key tips for dairy herd fertility
There are four key things to getting dairy herd fertility right, according to Meath-based vet Frank O’Sullivan. These are nutrition,...
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Number of dairy cows in Northern Ireland reaches all time high
The number of dairy cows in Northern Ireland increased by 6% in June 2015 on June last year to 311,500...
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'A vaccination programme is a cheap insurance policy' - top Meath dairy farmer
The use of vaccinations has become a cheap insurance policy, protecting the herd from the loss in production associated with...
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No immediate end in sight to the dairy crisis - UFU President
There is no immediate end in sight to the dairy crisis and it is a “real and deep financial crisis” for...
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Dairy expansion from within is much safer than going to the market says top vet
Poor animal health will wreck all the planning which has gone before it, Co. Meath-based veterinary surgeon Frank O’Sullivan told...
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FrieslandCampina reports first half profit of €192m
FrieslandCampina has reported a first half profit of €192m, up 85% on the first half of 2014. Margins rose due...
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Dairy expansion - How growing to 450 cows is impacting one Meath farm
A Co. Meath dairy farmer will increase cow numbers from 130 to 450 within the next three years and held...
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More countries put product into intervention but volumes down
Germany is the latest EU28 country to put dairy product into intervention – the latest figures from Europe show. Germany...
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Hogan hasn't ruled out raising dairy intervention price
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said he has not ruled out raising the current intervention price for...
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Futures market signals to further dairy uplift in September
Latest trading of dairy futures contracts suggest a further uplift in dairy markets in the coming weeks. Many dairy market...
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'Dairy farmers are in for a rough ride'
Dairy farmers are in for a rough ride for the next couple of years, according to Cork farmer John Landers....
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Glanbia Chairman defends milk price paid to dairy farmers
Glanbia is paying dairy farmers the best possible price that it can, given current market circumstances, according to the co-op’s...
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New Zealand (not Ireland) worst hit by dairy downturn - Rabobank
A new report by Rabobank says a combination of factors have conspired to see New Zealand prices hit far harder...
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What to make of this weeks Global Dairy Trade result?
Dairy product prices rose for the first time since March at the most recent Fonterra Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction....
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Why did the dairy downturn happen? And why did no one predict it?
It is impossible to identify a single causative factor for the fall in world dairy prices, but instead the collapse...
