N.Ireland
Lakeland sets milk price for January supplies
The board of Lakeland Dairies has decided on a price for milk supplied in January, with its base price being...
Milk Prices
N.Ireland
Danske Bank confirms increased farm finances in NI
Danske Bank’s head of agriculture, Rodney Brown, has confirmed an improvement in farm finances across Northern Ireland. This welcome trend...
N.Ireland
Lakeland announces milk price and loyalty pay out
Lakeland Dairies has announced its milk price for the month of December, and has also confirmed that the loyalty payment...
N.Ireland
UFU: Farmers in NI hit by ‘widening gap’ in milk prices
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said the gap in the base milk price in Northern Ireland compared to other...
N.Ireland
bTB costs continue to mount in Northern Ireland
Ulster Bank’s head of agriculture, Cormac McKervey, has highlighted the growing impact of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) on dairy and livestock...
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...
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...
