Dairy
Poll: Dairy farmers: What's your cost of production?
Farmers are being advised to ensure their cost production is as low as possible as milk prices continue to fall....
Milk Prices
Dairy
Fonterra chief says milk prices to improve in second half of year
Milk prices should improve in the second half of the year, according to Fonterra Chief Executive, Theo Spierings. He told the...
Dairy
FrieslandCampina cuts August milk price to 27.55c/L
FrieslandCampina has cut its guaranteed milk price for raw milk for August to €28.50 per 100kg of milk which is the...
Dairy
EU dairy product quotes fall as much as 5% in 2 weeks
The European Milk Market Observatory meet in Brussels yesterday (Tuesday) and officials from the European Commission are not likely to...
EU
Pics of French farmers protesting with gusto
Over the past week French farmers have blockaded roads, set pyres of tyres on fire and set pigs lose in...
World News
UK farmers following the French; stage tractor protest
UK farmers staged a rolling tractor road block last week on the A50 in Staffordshire, UK, in protest about falling...
Dairy
Agriculture ministers to meet in September on EU dairy 'crisis'
Following the growing concern about the economic situation in the dairy and in the livestock sectors in certain Member States...
Dairy
What is intervention and how does it work?
With milk prices throughout Europe continuing on a downward trend, there have been many calls for the intervention price to...
Dairy
Glanbia cuts its June milk price, Kerry holds at 28c/L
Glanbia has cut its June milk price, after ‘holding’ its price for the past three months, using a bonus top-up...
Dairy
Increasing intervention would be counter-productive, says Hogan
Increasing the current intervention price for dairy products would be counter-productive the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said....
Dairy
GDT analysis: Weak Chinese demand continues to weigh on dairy trade
New Zealand bank ASB has cut its 2015/2016 milk price forecast to $5.00/kg after the Global Dairy Trade tumbled for...
Dairy
Arla cuts its UK July milk price by 1c/kg
Arla Foods is to cut its UK July milk price by 1c/kg; this is the equivalent of 0.77p when applied...
Dairy
Number of farmers taking guaranteed milk price from Fonterra doubles
Fonterra has set its June Guaranteed Milk Price (GMP) at $5.25/kgMS; the same price as the opening 2015/16 forecast Farmgate Milk...
Dairy
Milk price recovery unlikely until late 2015 at best - Rabobank
There is unlikely to be any milk price recovery until late 2015 at best, according to Tim Hunt, Rabobank Global...
Dairy
Is the Global Dairy Trade starting to stabilise?
Overall dairy prices dipped 1.3% at this weeks Global Dairy Trade auction for the seventh consecutive price fall. Overall prices continue...
Dairy
UK dairy farmers could hit the picket lines again
Dairy farmers in the UK could hit the picket lines next week over poor milk prices. UK farmer group Farmers...
Dairy
'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...
Dairy
An extra 1.5 billion litres of milk to be produced each year in the EU till 2016
EU milk production has been forecasted to grow further in 2015 and 2016, according to European Commission estimates. Estimated figures...
