Agri-Business
Nestlé remains world's largest dairy company; turnover of €20.9 billion
Nestlé remains the world’s largest dairy company, with a turnover of €20.9 billion in 2014, according to Rabobank. The Global...
Dairy
Dairy
EU dairy product quotes fall as much as 5% in 2 weeks
The European Milk Market Observatory meet in Brussels yesterday (Tuesday) and officials from the European Commission are not likely to...
Dairy
'Last cows out of the parlour eat lower-quality grass'
The cows that leave the milking parlour last and go onto grass could be regularly eating lower-quality grass, a new...
Dairy
Agriculture ministers to meet in September on EU dairy 'crisis'
Following the growing concern about the economic situation in the dairy and in the livestock sectors in certain Member States...
Agri-Business
Danone reports sales up 4.5%, fresh dairy sales down year-on-year
Danone has posted a 4.5% year-on-year increase in sales for the second quarter (Q2) of 2015 and sales in the first...
Dairy
Arla UK cuts milk price for third consecutive month
Arla Foods has cuts its UK milk price for August by 1c/kg – 0.8p when applied to the UK standard...
Dairy
US June milk production up 0.7% year-on-year
Milk production in the US in June is up 0.7% to 16.4 billion pounds (7.2m litres) year-on-year however it is down...
Dairy
Would you try camel milk? Ray D'Arcy did on live radio
Have you ever heard of camel milk? A Dutch camel farm is supplying camel milk to musclefood.com and Ray D’Arcy...
Dairy
What is intervention and how does it work?
With milk prices throughout Europe continuing on a downward trend, there have been many calls for the intervention price to...
Beef
How to identify Redwater and ways to prevent the disease
Redwater is a life-threatening disease of cattle caused by a parasite called Babesia divergens and the parasite is transmitted by ticks, Animal...
Dairy
'Herd health improved with Lely milking robots'
The introduction of Lely robotic milking technology has been viewed by many dairy farmers as an opportunity to get out...
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...
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
Robotic milking will allow Cork farm expand by 40%
Increased milk production, grassland management and herd health are all major benefits of the Lely robotic milking system, according to...
Dairy
More EU milk channelled into skim milk powder and butter
The continuation of the Russian import ban is translating mainly into lower exports of cheese despite a strong re-direction of trade to...
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
Scottish dairy herds down but total cow numbers up
The number of dairy herds in Scotland has decreased to 982, down 19 in the six months to July 1,...
Dairy
Glanbia cuts its June milk price, Kerry holds at 28c/L
Glanbia has cut its June milk price, after ‘holding’ its price for the past three months, using a bonus top-up...
