IFA to Launch 'Milkwise 2025' Next Week
10:14 | 25/03/2017
IRELAND - IFA President Joe Healy will, with National Liquid Milk Committee Chairman John Finn, next Tuesday in Dublin launch a major new Liquid Milk Strategy for Irish produced fresh milk.
Improved Farm Debt Mediation Process, QRAA Revamp Welcomed
19:47 | 23/03/2017
AUSTRALIA - AgForce has welcomed more rigorous farm debt mediation processes and a revamp of the Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority to assist farmers in financial stress but have called for a broader overhaul of drought policy going forward.
GDT Upturn Must Help Co-ops Stay on Track
19:46 | 23/03/2017
IRELAND - IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O’Leary said the upturn (+1.7 per cent) in the GDT weighted average price for products to be traded between April and September reflected the absence of surprise increase in volumes made available, by Fonterra especially.
EU Milk Reduction Scheme: Nearly 852,000 T Reduced
20:14 | 22/03/2017
EU - Nearly 44,000 farmers from across the EU have applied for support from the EU for agreeing to voluntarily reduce their production of milk in the last quarter of 2016.
DP Tells Farmers About Benefits of Dairy Farming
21:01 | 21/03/2017
KENYA - Deputy President William Ruto has urged farmers to venture into dairy farming to make the country self sufficient in milk production.
Unknown Disease Kills 13 Cattle in Odisha State
20:13 | 20/03/2017
INDIA - Outbreak of an unknown disease in agrarian areas of Odisha's Kendrapara district has claimed 13 cattle over the past one week, a veterinary official said today.
Lithuanian Dairy Company Sends Trial Products to Chinese Market
21:29 | 17/03/2017
LITHUANIA - One of Lithuania's largest dairy producers has sent the first product delivery to China amid fresh efforts to enter the Chinese market, the company announced on Wednesday.
CME: Total Canadian Cattle Inventory as of 1 January 0.2% Larger Than a Year Ago
22:15 | 16/03/2017
US - Last week Statistics Canada issued the results of its semi-annual survey of cattle operations and an estimate of the inventory of cattle at various stages of production, according to Steiner Consulting Group, DLR Division, Inc.
Premier to Travel to Iowa to Promote Importance of Canada-US Trade
13:02 | 15/03/2017
CANADA & US - Saskatchewan's Premier says, if the United States adopts protectionist measures, it will be important for Canada develop friendships and alliances at the centre of the US federal administration and within the state capitals, reports Bruce Cochrane.
Dairy Retailers Enraged by Wholesalers, Police Crackdown
23:00 | 14/03/2017
PAKISTAN - A milk crisis seems to be surfacing as a retailers' association has staged a protest and sit-in against the crackdown by the police on dairy milk retailers outside the Karachi Press Club on Saturday.
