Dairy
No EU agreement on butterfat correction
Agricultural ministers last night failed to agree on changes to the proposed butterfat adjustment. Speaking at a press conference after...
Dairy
Dairy
Butterfat deal is only part of the quota challenge
ICOS Dairy Policy Executive T J Flanagan has told Agriland that today’s decision in Brussels to either grant – or...
Agri-Business
Global milk markets continued to slide in May
According to DairyCo, global wholesale milk markets moved down further in May as milk production in the Northern Hemisphere reached...
Agri-Business
Nutricia sees profits fall by 97% in wake of Fonterra contamination scare
Nutricia, the New Zealand specialist infant-formula company, saw its profits drop by 97% last year. The figures come after the...
Dairy
Two thirds EU of milk co-op purchased
Just two thirds of milk in the EU is co-op purchased, compared to over 90% of Irish milk, according to...
Agri-Business
Comment: Time to review Fonterra's sacred cow?
There’s a cow – not an elephant – in the room where New Zealand’s trade performance is discussed. The cow...
Dairy
10kg of wholecrop = 16kg grass silage in dairy diet
A large group of dairy farmers attended a CAFRE short course on the farm of John and Simon Best, Poyntzpass....
Dairy
Wet May hits UK milk production
Weather conditions meant that UK milk production dropped in May. According to DairyCo heavy rainfall across a large part of the nation...
Dairy
Milk price is key to dairy expansion - Donie Cashman
Milk price will be key for dairy farmers once quotas are removed, former IFA President Donie Cashman told the Teagasc...
Dairy
First milk market observatory meeting discusses market outlook
The first meeting of the Milk Market Observatory economic board took place recently. The meeting was opened with presentations by DG...
Dairy
Chief State Solicitor to examine irregular milk movements
Following an investigation conducted by the Department of Agriculture into possible milk quota irregularities involving a large Glanbia milk supplier...
Agri-Business
Friesland Campina ups milk price for June
The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for June 2014 is €42.00/100kg of milk. The guaranteed price is €1.75 higher...
Dairy
Fonterra offers locked-in prices
Following last week’s announcement of the 2014/’15 forecast Farmgate Milk Price, Fonterra has announced it is accepting applications from farmers...
Agri-Business
Study to improve cow's lifetime production launched
The pressure on dairy farmers to focus on milk yield per cow, and the perceived cost of treating cows with...
Agri-Business
World needs another 100 billion litres of milk by 2020
The demand for milk shows no sign of abating either with the world expected to require another 100 billion litres...
Dairy
Factors affecting cattle fertility
Last week I had the opportunity of attending the International Cattle Fertility Conference in Westport Co. Mayo. This is the...
Agri-Business
German milk price does still not cover production costs
According to the new results of the study on production costs, the cost of production in Germany in January 2014...
Dairy
'Focus on milking routine to see benefits in milk quality'
Eight Aurivo milk suppliers from seven counties were recognised for their excellence in milk production at the annual Aurivo Milk...
