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
Dairy
Dairy farmers - last nine months have been tough? Real problems to hit next spring
Dairy farmers are facing real problems next spring according to Shane Fitzgerald, a dairy farmer from Co. Cork. Speaking at...
Beef
New Zealand cow cull up 107% in August
The has been a massive increase in the number of cull cows coming forward for slaughter in New Zealand, figures...
Dairy
Northern farming body Fair Price Farming unimpressed with dairy aid package
Last week’s EU dairy aid package for agriculture is fundamentally weak but does contain a few positive themes of a...
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
Dairygold holds its August milk price
Dairygold has confirmed that it will hold its August milk price – at 25.5c/L. The Dairygold board met today and...
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
Glanbia cuts its milk price again - August milk price down 0.5c/L
Glanbia has cut its August milk price by 0.5c/L with member suppliers set to receive 26c/L including VAT for August milk....
Dairy
Why things are looking up for Global Dairy Trade prices
Overall dairy prices spiked 16.5% at yesterday’s Global Dairy Trade auction for the third consecutive strong gain. The lift was...
Dairy
Major lift in Global Dairy Trade
Dairy product prices rose again at the most recent Fonterra Global Dairy Trade auction. The event represents the third positive...
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade set for another bounce this week
Prices at Fonterra’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) are set to rise again at tomorrow’s auction. According to latest futures market...
Dairy
Carbon to replace milk as the new quota in farming
Carbon will become the new quota in Irish farming, according to Trinity College economist Professor Alan Matthews. Matthews was addressing...
Dairy
'New Zealand milk output could fall by up to 10% in the coming months'
New Zealand’s milk output could fall by up to 10% over the coming months, according to Rabobank dairy analyst Kevin...
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...
Dairy
New Zealand milk production could fall further than expected
Fonterra has maintained its milk volume forecast for the 2015-16 season in the range of 2-3% lower than the amount collected...
Dairy
Possible intervention price rise to be discussed in Europe on Friday
The possibility of raising the intervention price on a temporary basis will be discussed on Friday. Announcing the details of...
Dairy
EU proposals to help farmers include 70% advance on direct payments
The measures announced by the European Commission to help farmers include the facility for Member States to advance up to...
Dairy
'50% of UK dairy farmers see no future and plan to quit production'
Almost half of Britain’s dairy farmers are scheduled to leave the sector, according to an intentions survey carried out by...
