Dairy
Consumption of cows' milk on a 'downward trend'
EU consumption of cows’ drinking milk is on a downward trend, because of a change in life style but also...
Dairy
Dairy
'Almost one in five dairy cows will succumb to lameness each year'
Approximately 20% of dairy cows in Ireland will succumb to one form or other of lameness problem during any 12-month...
Dairy
Kiwi milk output 'will struggle' over the coming months
Poor spring weather, rather than the effect of the recent earthquake, will determine the scale of New Zealand milk output...
Dairy
'Global dairy prices increased by over 45% in the second half of 2016'
Global dairy prices rocketed upwards in the second half of 2016, increasing by over 45%, according to the Rabobank Dairy Quarterly...
Dairy
No let up in US milk supplies as November collections jump 2.6%
Milk production in the US increased by 2.6% this November when compared to the corresponding month last year, figures from...
Dairy
Prices fall at final Global Dairy Trade of 2016
The final Global Dairy Trade auction of 2016 closed out the year with overall dairy product prices down 0.5%. The...
Dairy
LacPatrick and Arrabawn increase November milk prices
Arrabawn will pay its suppliers a base milk price for November of 29.68c/L including VAT. Compared to October, this is...
Dairy
Brussels manages to sell only 40t of its SMP stocks in first tender
The first sales of skimmed milk powder (SMP) from intervention resulted in just 40t of product being sold. A total...
Dairy
Aurivo increases November milk price as markets improve
The Board of Aurivo today, December 16, decided to increase the milk price for November by 2c/L. This will bring...
Dairy
Dairygold follows other co-ops, increases November milk price
Following a meeting today, the Board of Dairygold increased its milk price for November by 1c/L. The co-op will pay...
Dairy
How the Dutch plan to reduce cow numbers to meet phosphate limits
The Dutch dairy sector has come up with a significant package of measures aimed at substantially reducing the production of...
Dairy
Glanbia and Lakeland increase milk price for November supplies
Two dairy processors have announced that they will increase the November milk price paid to farmer suppliers. Glanbia has announced...
Dairy
Wexford-Donegal partnership wins Winter Fair inter breed title
Breeders from the Republic of Ireland took home a high proportion of the silverware on offer at the Royal Ulster...
Agri-Business
Lakeland's Banbridge plant will not be sold - Hanley
Lakeland Dairies’ recently acquired milk processing operation at Banbridge in Co. Down – formerly owned by Fane Valley – is...
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...
Dairy
Fourth consecutive rise in prices at the Global Dairy Trade auction
Dairy product prices rose 3.5% at today’s Global Dairy Trade auction, a fourth consecutive rise in prices. It comes following...
Arable
Grazing winter oats – a US perspective
Dairy farmers in the US state of Wisconsin are being encouraged to sow winter oats in early August and then...
Dairy
'Dairy recovery guaranteed as long as we produce what the market wants'
Recovery of the dairy market is guaranteed as long as the industry produces what the market demands, Commissioner Phil Hogan...
