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...
Milk
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....
Dairy
Origin labelling rules on meat and milk comes into effect in France
In France from January 1, the labelling of the origin of meat in ready meals, milk in bottles and cartons of...
Dairy
'Oil price hike may well strengthen world dairy prices'
Global oil prices have surged by 15% in the wake of last week’s decision by the Organisation of the Petroleum...
Opinion
Why should liquid milk producers be treated as a protected species?
Why should liquid milk producers be treated as a specialist stakeholder group within the dairy industry? Surely this approach to...
Dairy
Dairy prices look set to increase further after latest Global Dairy Trade
This week’s increase in prices at the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction may not have been as high as some...
Dairy
UK milk production set to fall by 1 billion litres in 2016
The volume of milk produced on UK dairy farms is expected to fall by a massive one billion litres in...
Dairy
Commission cuts EU milk production forecast for rest of 2016
End of year milk production volumes in the EU for 2016 have been revised downwards by the European Commission. Provisional production...
Dairy
Majority of co-ops hold June milk price after May price cuts
The majority of co-ops have decided to hold the milk price for June supplies of milk, with Dairygold the latest co-op...
Beef
Origin labelling of dairy and meat ingredients in foods mandatory from January in France
The European Commission has decided to allow France to introduce a two-year trial period for the mandatory labelling of origin for...
Dairy
Arla Farmers Milk to give consumers the chance to give 25p extra to farmers
Arla Foods in the UK has unveiled Arla Farmers Milk, a new milk brand, created to give shoppers the opportunity...
Dairy
Lidl to list GMO-free dairy products in its German stores
Lidl is to introduce several GMO-free dairy products in its German stores this year, with GMO-free milk being listed from...
Dairy
Arla to pay farmers more if they convert to GM-free feed
Arla is to start to incentivise more farmers to convert to GM-free feed and the company said it will be...
EU
Renewed calls for mandatory labelling of milk and meat products
Country of origin labelling should be made mandatory for meat and milk, MEPs have once again reiterated in a non-binding...
N.Ireland
Dairy processors told to 'think long and hard' about further milk price cuts
Dairy processors are being urged to think long and hard about the implications for farmer confidence if they are considering March...
EU
EU to provide milk to 350,000 Syrian children
The European Commission has adopted a €30m programme which will see it provide 350,000 Syrian children with drinking milk. This...
Agri-Business
Love wine? Love ice cream? Now you can have the two combined!
If you’re a fan of ice cream and wine, you’re in luck as a company in the US has created...
Dairy
Dairy farmers - advice for 2016: 'Keep it simple stupid'
Irish dairy farmers must strive to improve grassland output and utilisation in 2016, according to Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) advisor...
