Dairy
New Zealand milk output to fall by 10%
New Zealand milk output will fall by 10% by 2030 as the country’s dairy industry confronts the combined challenge of...
Milk
Dairy
Accelerated milk replacer rates will boost calves’ life-long milking ability
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Gary Duffy, accelerated calf replacer feeding rates can...
Rural Life
School milk is to remain on the menu for Scottish schoolchildren
School milk is to remain on the menu for Scottish schoolchildren following NFU Scotland raising concerns about future support for...
Dairy
From grass to glass: Selling bottled milk from a vending machine…on the farm
William and Alison Chestnutt have seen a “phenomenal demand” for their milk, as they launched a milk vending machine on...
Agri-Business
Financial support vital for non-bovine milk sector survival
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has requested immediate financial support from the Government for non-bovine milk producers...
N.Ireland
International dairy product markets to come under pressure throughout 2020
According to Rabobank, the upward trajectory in global dairy product prices, visible in the fourth quarter of 2019, has stalled...
Dairy
How can field beans be best included in dairy cow diets?
Traditionally, the inclusion of field beans in ruminant diets is normally restricted due to the perceived risk associated with ‘anti-nutritional...
N.Ireland
Northern Irish farmers call for ‘transparent’ milk prices this winter
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has said that dairy processors “need to be transparent” about the calculation of milk prices,...
Dairy
Assembly samples Welsh finest to celebrate School Milk Day
Assembly Members were presented with Welsh milk provided by a local farmer as part of this year’s World School Milk...
Agri-Business
British farmers could play 'key role' in promoting better public health and nutrition
Delivering the Nuffield Farming Lecture Report 2018, rural policy expert Prof. Michael Winter OBE, from the University of Exeter, said...
Opinion
Sugar Tax is a 'good news' story for the dairy sector
The fact that milk-based drinks have been granted an exemption from the new Sugar Tax on nutritional grounds is a...
N.Ireland
Dale Farm launches two new producer schemes
Dale Farm has launched two new producer-focused schemes, aimed at encouraging members to supply more milk. The first is a...
N.Ireland
Fury grows at volume threshold set for EU dairy support scheme
A Down-based milk producer has expressed huge annoyance at being excluded from an EU dairy support scheme because his annual...
N.Ireland
This is why Brexit will prove challenging for the North’s dairy sector
Dale Farm CEO Nick Whelan believes that Brexit could prove challenging for the North’s dairy sector. He said that outsiders...
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
Fonterra: Growing market for low-lactose Whole Milk Powder
Fonterra is looking to capture more a new market with its novel low-lactose instant whole milk powder. NZMP, Fonterra’s ingredients business,...
Agri-Business
Glanbia announces plan for 'exciting' new cheese plant in the US
Glanbia plc has announced today that it is in advanced discussions to build and operate a new cheese and whey...
Agri-Business
Extension to processing agreement between Dairygold and Glanbia
Dairygold and Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) have agreed a three-year contract manufacturing and supply collaboration to the end of 2019....
