Dairy
Lakeland Dairies is first to set its September milk price
Amid calls from farming organisations for dairy processors to hold their September milk price Lakeland Dairies is the first out...
Milk Prices
Dairy
Milk markets to tighten in the first half of 2016 - Rabobank
Milk markets are expected to tighten in the first half of 2016, as low milk prices in New Zealand and...
Dairy
See how other Member States have reacted to a quota-free Europe
The slight increase in EU milk deliveries in 2015 (at around 1%) hides significant differences in the development of milk...
Dairy
Fears of post quota exodus from winter milk production
There are fears that the post-quota era will see farmers leave winter milk production, according to the Teagasc dairy specialist,...
Agri-Business
Kerrygold butter to be hit by new 33% US tariff
The US has this week increased the tariff on imported butter to the tune of an extra $.51c/kg. The move increases...
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...
Dairy
Another big price rise at Global Dairy Trade auction
Dairy product prices rose 9.9% at the latest Fonterra Global Dairy Trade auction. The event represents the fourth positive auction for...
Dairy
EU milk prices decline at lowest rate since February
EU milk prices are expected to decline by 0.2% in September; the lowest rate since February, the latest Milk Market...
Dairy
Commission adopts first elements of €500m package for farmers
The first elements of the special aid package for EU farmers worth €500m, announced by the European Commission in early...
Dairy
'Very good dairy farmers have little room to make cutbacks'
Ireland’s best dairy farmers have very little room to make cutbacks during a difficult milk price year, according to Michael Brady...
Dairy
Tesco to increase number of British dairy farmers on direct contracts
Tesco UK has announced that it will increase the number of farmers on direct contracts by a quarter by spring...
Dairy
Almost 20,000t of EU milk powder now in intervention
Almost 20,000t of skimmed milk powder has now been offered to public intervention, according to latest figures from the Milk...
Agri-Business
Cost cutting boosts Fonterra profits to €280m
In its annual results Fonterra Co-operative Group has announced a net profit after tax of $506 million for the financial...
Dairy
New Zealand dairy farmers get boost as Fonterra increases its forecast payout
Fonterra is lifting its forecast total available for payout for the 2015/16 season and also signaled that milk production will...
Dairy
What the new Private Storage Aid measures are all about
Like public intervention, Private Storage Aid (PSA) is a traditional market management measure to reduce oversupply on the EU market...
Dairy
Here's why the Commission won't budge on intervention prices
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has been clear all the way through the current dairy...
Dairy
UK milk production down 1.1% year-on-year
UK milk production for the month of July is down 1.1% on the same month in 2014, according to provisional...
Opinion
EU's €500m package must deliver structural changes to supply chain
The measures announced by the European Commission to help farmers across the EU are to be welcomed. The outcomes of...
