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
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...
World News
Fonterra battles to gain access to dairy farms following earthquake
New Zealand dairy processor Fonterra continues to battle to get its milk collection services back to normal, as 22 dairy...
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...
Dairy
Dale Farm acts to significantly boost milk price
Dale Farm has announced a 2.5p/L (2.9c/L) increase to its base milk price, along with the 2p/L (2.32c/L) winter bonus...
N.Ireland
Time to play 'hard ball' with dairy processors as strike action looms
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland have voted in favour of strike action if dairy processors do not increase milk prices,...
World News
New Zealand dairy farmers may have to dispose of their milk after earthquake
Some New Zealand dairy farms that remain without power, or those that cannot be reached by tankers due to road...
Agri-Business
Canada’s dairy farmers to get over €230m to compensate for CETA
The Canadian government has announced an investment of $350m (€238m) for two new programmes to support the competitiveness of the country’s...
Dairy
Video: Behind the scenes access to one of Morocco's largest dairy farms
Ferme Laitiere is one of Morocco’s largest dairy farms with some 2,500 cows passing through the 100 unit milking parlour...
Dairy
Inquiry into Australia's dairy industry to look at competition between processors
An inquiry into Australia’s dairy industry will see competition between milk processors, contracts between processors and farmers, global supply markets, and...
Dairy
Farmer buyers drive trade, with a top price of €3,300 at Kilmallock dairy sale
There was a plenty of buyers in Kilmallock, Co. Limerick for a special dairy show and sale, according to Mart...
Dairy
'A 200 cow dairy farm in Northern Ireland could lose £100,000 this year'
A 200 cow dairy farm in Northern Ireland could lose £100,000 (€112,210) this year, according to William Taylor who is...
Opinion
Why should liquid milk producers be treated as a protected species?
Why should liquid milk producers be treated as a specialist stakeholder group within the dairy industry? Surely this approach to...
Dairy
No change in long term dairy market fundamentals
Milk prices may well strengthen up to the new year and then flatten out, according to Rabobank Dairy Analyst Matt...
Dairy
Fall in Northern Ireland's milk production, milk price slightly up year-on-year
The level of milk production in Northern Ireland in September fell by 6.1% compared to the same month in 2015,...
Dairy
Shareholders in Glanbia co-op receive €6.7m special dividend payment
A payment of €6.7m in special dividends has been made to shareholders of the Glanbia Co-operative Society, at a price...
Dairy
Increased Chinese demand speeds up $12m Fonterra expansion
New Zealand dairy processor Fonterra has brought forward the expansion of one of its production lines on the back of...
Dairy
FrieslandCampina increases milk price for November
Dutch dairy FrieslandCampina has increased its guaranteed price for raw milk for November 2016 to €33.00/100kg of milk; an increase...
