Weekly Cattle Summary: Supplies Tight
21:50 | 11/11/2011
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AUSTRALIA - This report is a collection of weekly cattle price summaries from each Australian state by the Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).
Dairy Crest: Milk Profits Fall As Competition Tightens
21:41 | 11/11/2011
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UK - A challenging market has resulted in falling milk profits over the six month period ending 30 September 2011. However, cheese prices remained strong and Dairy Crest still saw a nine per cent increase in profits before tax overall.
Federated Farmers Gets Runs On The Board
06:08 | 11/11/2011
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NEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers is celebrating the first policy results from its 2011 Manifesto. A National-led government, if elected, is set to amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 while water is placed front and centre of the economy and the environment.
CME: Live Cattle Futures Closed Up
06:25 | 09/11/2011
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US - Nearby live cattle futures closed the week at $124.5/ cwt, some 630 points or 5.3 per cent higher than where futures opened last Monday, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
Record Dairy Earnings In The Waikato
20:57 | 04/11/2011
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NEW ZEALAND - The record year for dairy production has meant dairy farming has generated $3.4 billion dollars in revenue for the greater Waikato region.
Russian Milk Prices Rise Strongly
01:05 | 02/11/2011
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RUSSIA - The price of milk in Russia is expected to surge by the end of the year, according to Alla Barinova, Moscow Office Manager at Bord Bia – Irish Food Board.
Dairy Farming Boosted by Dutch Imports
19:41 | 28/10/2011
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RUSSIA - The agriculture industry in the productive Kostroma region is importing dairy cattle to boost dairy production in the region.
Consumers Confused By Welfare Labelling
20:07 | 27/10/2011
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UK - A consumer survey has led AB Sustain to call for the scrapping of the wide array of 'confusing' animal welfare labels.
Future's Bright In Farming, Says BBC's Adam Henson
21:59 | 26/10/2011
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UK - Exciting and rewarding opportunities in the farming sector await bright young people, BBC Countryfile presenter and farmer, Adam Henson told teachers and careers advisors in Yorkshire at the Food and Farming Forum Conference.
Farmers Receive Payouts For Livestock Losses
00:08 | 22/10/2011
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KENYA - In the midst of a drought-induced food crisis affecting millions in the Horn of Africa, an innovative insurance program for poor livestock keepers is making its first payouts today, providing compensation for some 650 insured herders in northern Kenya's vast Marsabit District who have lost up to a third of their animals.
