Dairy
Dairygold cuts 1c/L for June milk while Carbery to pay just short of 29c/L
The Carbery Group has confirmed a milk price for June of approximately 28.9c/L (including VAT and an SCC bonus of...
Milk
Dairy
Aurivo’s June milk price cut by 2c/L
Aurivo is paying 28c/L (including VAT) for June milk, down 2c/L on the previous month. “We have no option but...
Dairy
US farmers dump over 13m litres of milk they can't find buyers for
US domestic milk output is set to be the highest ever this year and US farmers are dumping their milk...
Dairy
How to control the costs of milk production
Dairy margins will remain tight in the short term, and dairy farmers are asking what they can do to reduce...
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...
Agri-Business
Consumers want more protein and supplements in milk
Milk consumers worldwide want more protein and supplements in milk, according to an international consumer study commissioned by Tetra Pak....
Dairy
30% of Swedish dairy farms now milk with robots
Installing two milking robots on a Swedish farm has given the owners more time with their children they say. Carina...
Dairy
Pics: A 1,550ha Swedish dairy farm that milks 720 cows
Some 720 dairy cows are milked three times a day on the Skottorps Sateri dairy farm in Sweden which is...
Dairy
Glanbia pays 3c/L bonus to hold May milk price at 30.5c/L
Glanbia is to hold its manufacturing milk price for May supplies at 30.5c/L including VAT. This follows a decision taken...
Dairy
Scottish government to support dairy farmers on the Isle of Bute
Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has confirmed that he will be providing additional support to dairy farmers on the...
Dairy
'German milk prices cover less than 70% of costs'
The average production costs in January 2015 in Germany were 45.64c/kg milk, according to the European Milk Board (EMB), which...
Dairy
Aurivo to introduce fixed-price milk supply contracts
Aurivo is to introduce a three-year, fixed-price contract option to its dairy shareholders, according to the co-op’s dairy processing General...
Agri-Business
Roscommon and Westmeath shoppers buy more milk than other counties - Tesco
Shoppers in Roscommon and Westmeath buy more milk than the rest of the country, new research from Tesco has shown....
Dairy
Eight Aurivo milk suppliers receive milk quality awards
Eight Aurivo milk suppliers from six counties have been recognised at the annual Aurivo Milk Quality Awards. The event, in its...
Dairy
Key tips to maximise growth rates from calves fed powder milk
I’ve often heard that calves don’t perform too well on milk powder compared to full milk, and I just don’t...
Dairy
'Dairy sector should explore all-island exporting opportunities'
There are circumstances when the dairy sectors throughout Ireland should join forces to maximise the prices that can be delivered...
Agri-Business
Aurivo milk pool to grow by 25%
Aurivo co-op expects its suppliers to increase production by approximately 25%, following the abolition of the milk quotas, according to its...
Dairy
United Dairy Farmers to pay a winter milk bonus
United Dairy Farmers’ members in Northern Ireland will receive a winter milk bonus later this year, according to the co-operative’s...
