EU
5 key outcomes for farmers in new EU support package
The European Commission yesterday presented a €500m package of measures to support EU farmers. Here are some of the key...
Milk Prices
EU
EU Agriculture Ministers to meet next week - here's what's on the agenda
European Agriculture Ministers will meet next week to debate the state of play in EU markets as weak prices in...
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...
Dairy
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...
Dairy
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...
EU
Hogan meets Baltic States ahead of 'emergency' meeting
Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan has met with the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia in Brussels ahead...
Dairy
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....
Dairy
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...
Dairy
Co-ops should not shy away from hard decisions including mergers - IFA dairy chairman
The IFA is asking dairy co-operatives to explore all possibilities of consolidation on the back of weak dairy market returns...
Dairy
Some good dairy news at last - signs of market rebound next week
This week dairy futures prices have surged off their lows, according to New Zealand bank ASB’s Rural Economist, Nathan Penny....
Dairy
UK becomes the fourth country to sell milk powder into intervention
The UK has become the fourth country to sell dairy product into intervention. According to latest statistics from the European...
Dairy
'Re-introduction of quotas by the back door would be criminally stupid'
Supply management or quotas has long proven to be a completely redundant policy measure, according to Conor Mulvihill European Affairs Executive at...
N.Ireland
'Collaborative approach needed to address milk price concerns'
The dairy sector needs a collaborative approach to address milk prices concerns, according to the North’s Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill....
Dairy
Müller UK and Ireland cuts September milk price to 22.35p/L
Müller UK and Ireland has cut its September milk by 0.8p/L to 22.35p/L which, Müller says, reflects a continuing softening...
Dairy
France to call for intervention price increase at emergency Council meeting
The French Minister for Agriculture Stéphane Le Foll will call for an intervention price increase at next months emergency meeting of...
Dairy
Prices slump again at Global Dairy Trade
Dairy product prices fell again at the most recent Fonterra Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction. The event represents the tenth negative...
EU
Video: Belgian farmers dump manure and milk in latest protest
Belgian farmers have blocked roads, dumped manure and emptied tankers of milk in protest against the low prices they are...
Dairy
Dairy Crest cuts milk price as suppliers sign up to producer organisation
UK dairy company Dairy Crest has cut its standard September liquid milk price by 1.4p/L (to 21.6p/L), while farmers on...
