N.Ireland
UFU calls on banks to ‘do more’ to support farmers
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has called on banks to do more to help farmers get through the financial storm...
Milk Prices
Dairy
Fonterra cuts milk price forecast for second time
New Zealand’s largest dairy company, the Fonterra Co-operative Group, has reduced down its 2023/24 season milk price forecast for the...
Dairy
New regulations to promote fairness in dairy supply chain
Further detail on new regulations to improve fairness and transparency in the dairy supply chain has been announced. The government...
N.Ireland
NI milk prices may strengthen later in the year – Whelan
Dale Farm CEO Nick Whelan has indicated that farmgate milk prices in Northern Ireland may start to strengthen during the...
N.Ireland
World dairy markets to improve towards end of 2023 – CEO
Lakeland Dairies chief executive Colin Kelly is predicting that world dairy markets will strengthen during the fourth quarter of this...
N.Ireland
What will be the impact of collapsing dairy markets?
The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland has highlighted the impact that collapsing dairy markets could have on farmgate milk prices...
Dairy
Milk prices set to change direction - AHDB
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said that farmgate milk prices are set to change direction after a...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods to unveil new ‘green’ milk-pricing system
Arla Foods is to unveil a new ‘green’ milk-pricing system for all of its farmer-suppliers over the coming weeks. The...
Dairy
Milk processors must up prices to 50p to reverse drop in volumes - Kite
Milk prices may well be at or over 40p for many producers, but if processors want to reverse the drop...
Dairy
Global milk production sees first growth decrease since 2019
After more than two years of uninterrupted growth, global milk production is down, with growth expected to dip into negative...
Dairy
Strong price increase recorded for October milk supplies
New figures released by the UK government shows that the UK average farm-gate milk price for October 2021 is 32.55p/l....
Agri-Business
NI milk price round-up: Lakeland swaps unconditional bonus for base price rise
Northern Ireland milk buyers are tickling the 30p/L mark with marginal increases across most of May's base prices. The latest...
Dairy
NI milk price round-up: Top base price for April hits 29.8p/L
Northern Ireland milk prices are holding strong across the board, with all of the big players announcing holds or price...
Agri-Business
NI milk prices edge upwards for March
Northern Ireland milk processors have announced increases to prices of up to 1p/L for March's milk. Dairy processors Dale Farm,...
Agri-Business
Dutch dairy auction boost drives hope for milk price increases
This week’s Dutch dairy auction has seen the full haul with significant increases posted across all four of the main...
Dairy
Arla milk producers to face price cut at the start of 2021
It has been revealed that Arla milk producers will face a drop in farmgate prices from January 1, 2021. The...
Dairy
First Milk increases its milk price for November
First Milk has announced that its November milk price will increase by 0.50p/L. This means its liquid standard litre will...
Agri-Business
GDT index lifts in latest auction for back-to-back increases
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index has lifted in its latest auction to record back-to-back increases. The most recent auction...
