Agri-Business
Brazil buys milk powder to support dairy farmers against imports
The government in Brazil is planning to buy milk powder at retail prices in a bid to support the country’s...
Milk Powder
Agri-Business
Global Dairy Trade index up slightly
The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event has concluded with the GDT price index up 0.6%. The average price was...
Agri-Business
Arla officially opens €190m German dairy plant expansion
Arla Foods has officially opened a €190 million expansion of its dairy production facility in Germany in a bid to...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods aims for further expansion in Bangladesh
Arla Foods has said that it sees "great potential" for growth in its biggest market in southeast Asia; Bangladesh. The...
N.Ireland
Winter Fair: Dairy sector now operating within four-year cycles
The international milk industry is now operating within business cycles that last between three to four years, according to Dairy...
Dairy
LacPatrick’s €33 million plant to future-proof Irish milk sales
Ambitious expansion plans will allow one of the north’s biggest milk processors to allay Brexit fears and drive export sales,...
Agri-Business
$4 billion wiped off the value of China's biggest dairy company
Shares in Huishan Dairy Holdings, China’s biggest dairy company, plunged downward by 85% on Friday wiping close to $4 billion from its...
Dairy
Pics: Farmers coat EU Council buildings with milk powder in protest
Dairy farmers who are members of the European Milk Board (EMB) are protesting today in Brussels to demand a permanent...
Dairy
Brussels manages to sell only 40t of its SMP stocks in first tender
The first sales of skimmed milk powder (SMP) from intervention resulted in just 40t of product being sold. A total...
Dairy
Current greenfield US dairy projects could add 200,000t of milk powder to market
US producers of milk powder are set to bring significant amounts of new production capacity online over the next two...
Dairy
Is intervention the best way to support milk prices?
Questions are now being asked as to whether intervention is the most suitable support mechanism for the dairy sector. In...
Dairy
Milk powder mountain continues to grow as EU struggles to find solutions
Sales of Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) into intervention has reached 216,791t since the start of the year and is now...
World News
Chinese dairy imports hit by online retailer clampdown
Efforts to crack down on China’s cross-border online selling platforms has led to confusion in the trade of dairy products...
Dairy
EU officially doubles the amount of milk powder that can be put into intervention
The EU has officially lifted its ceilings on the levels of milk powder and butter that can be put into...
Dairy
Volumes of milk powder in intervention hits EU limits
The volumes of milk powder offered to intervention since the start of the year have reached the EU’s limit of 109,000t....
Dairy
Chinese milk powder imports back to 'normal levels'
In China, imports of Whole Milk Powder and Skimmed Milk Powder are back to normal levels, according to the European...
World News
World dairy leader expects stock piling of food in Greece
One of the world’s largest dairy exporters is expecting stockpiling of food in Greece and has increased the quantity of...
Dairy
First Milk confirms annual losses of £22m
First Milk has confirmed pre-tax losses of approximately £22m for 2014/15. The farmer-owned dairy co-op has processing operations in England,...
