Dairy
30% of Swedish dairy farms now milk with robots
Installing two milking robots on a Swedish farm has given the owners more time with their children they say. Carina...
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Meet the part-time farmer with over 700 dairy cows
Swedish dairy farmer Lars Inge Gunnarsson has over 700 cows on his dairy farm in the Skane region of Sweden, but...
Dairy
From sales to making 4,000kg of cheese a year by hand
One woman has gone from a regular sales job to making 4,000kg of cheese a year by hand in her...
Dairy
Pics: A 1,550ha Swedish dairy farm that milks 720 cows
Some 720 dairy cows are milked three times a day on the Skottorps Sateri dairy farm in Sweden which is...
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Glanbia pays 3c/L bonus to hold May milk price at 30.5c/L
Glanbia is to hold its manufacturing milk price for May supplies at 30.5c/L including VAT. This follows a decision taken...
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'European dairy farmers need more help facing volatility'
The EU must bring more balance into the supply chain, introduce better tools against market disturbances and help dairy farmers...
Agri-Business
USDA says Chinese dairy imports to remain sluggish
China’s imports of milk and dairy powders may stay restrained for longer than expected, according to the United States Department...
Dairy
'High dairy production levels in New Zealand will take time to be absorbed'
Dairy prices in New Zealand are expected to remain weak for the coming months, before beginning to ‘recover in earnest’...
World News
World food prices have hit a six-year low
Major food commodity prices hit a six-year low in May as cereal prices fell substantially even though this year’s harvest...
Dairy
EU wholesale dairy markets continue to fall in May
EU wholesale markets for dairy products fell again in May as pressure from supply remains, according to Dairyco. Prices across most...
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Scottish government to support dairy farmers on the Isle of Bute
Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has confirmed that he will be providing additional support to dairy farmers on the...
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Ostertagia levels running high in spring 2015 - Glanbia
Glanbia’s bulk milk disease screening service showed high levels of Ostertagia in dairy herds in spring 2015, Glanbia says. Ostertagia...
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China imports more dairy than any other food item
Dairy is China’s largest imported food item and has an estimated value of $9.54 billion, according to a report by...
Dairy
Aurivo to introduce fixed-price milk supply contracts
Aurivo is to introduce a three-year, fixed-price contract option to its dairy shareholders, according to the co-op’s dairy processing General...
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'Voluntary dairy labelling the most suitable solution' - Commission
Voluntary labelling rules regarding country of origin on dairy products seem to be the most suitable solution to the issue...
Dairy
Arla UK decreases June milk price
Arla Foods is to decrease its UK June milk price by 1c/kg, the co-operative has announced. Arla increased its April...
Dairy
China must have a sustainable, indigenous dairy sector
It is in the interests of the global dairy sector for China to have its own sustainable milk industry, according...
Dairy
International dairy consumption set to outstrip production
Global consumption of dairy products is set to increase by 2.3% per annum over the next decade with output increasing...
