DairyNZ Committed to Lowering Environmental Impact
20:17 | 22/03/2017
NEW ZEALAND - Commenting on yesterday’s OECD Environmental Performance Review announcement, DairyNZ’s chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says the dairy sector is committed to lowering its environmental impact, while protecting the valuable contribution dairying makes to the economy.
Positive Drug Residues in Milk Tankers Down to 350 Loads in 2016
20:56 | 21/03/2017
US - Just 350 tankers out of more 3.5 million loads of milk tested positive for drug residues in fiscal year 2016, ending 30 September, according to the National Milk Drug Residue Database. That’s a violation rate of 0.011 per cent, the lowest level in 20 years and just one-eighth of the rate in 1997.
Arla Brand Records Biggest Growth Among UK's Top Grocery Brands
20:09 | 20/03/2017
UK - Arla branded products recorded the largest growth of any of the 100 UK grocery brands listed, achieving growth of £37m in 2016. The Arla brand portfolio grew almost four times that of the next closest brand (Pepsi, £8.5m), reflecting a strong sales performance of volume driven growth of 7.6 per cent last year.
Focus on Basics Critical to China's Dairy Industry
21:18 | 17/03/2017
CHINA - The year 2020 is critical to the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), as China's leadership has pledged to build an all-round well-off society by then. Almost every industry has its own individual (as well as collective) five-year plan with specific objectives and ways to implement it.
IFA: Carbery Milk Price Welcome, Other Co-ops Must Stay on Track
22:12 | 16/03/2017
IRELAND - IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O’Leary has said the 1.5c/l increase announced by Carbery on February milk will bring the West Cork Co-ops within just over half a cent of the 33c/l predicted by several industry leaders for 2017.
Mother Dairy Hikes Milk Prices By Up to Rs.3/L
22:59 | 14/03/2017
INDIA - Leading milk supplier Mother Dairy has announced a price hike in all its variants in the Delhi-NCR region with effect from 11 March.
One in Four Dairy Farmers to Benefit from Arla's £31M Windfall Share
23:01 | 08/03/2017
UK - Arla Foods, the country’s leading farmer-owned dairy company, has announced that its British owners will receive £31 million as their 2016 year-end bonus. Arla is owned by 12,000 dairy farmers across Europe, 2,500 of whom are British and make up almost a quarter of all British dairy farmers.
Carrefour's Beijing Stores Halt Purchase of Korean Dairy Products
21:52 | 07/03/2017
SOUTH KOREA - French retailer Carrefour's 12 stores in the Chinese capital of Beijing appears to have halted their purchase of South Korean dairy products, two officials at local distributors of the Korean goods said Monday.
FrieslandCampina Reports Higher Profit on Lower Revenue in Turbulent Year
20:39 | 06/03/2017
NETHERLANDS - FrieslandCampina reports that the company's profit in 2016 increased by 5.5 per cent to 362 million euros in comparison to the previous year
Arla Foods UK Delivers Branded Growth in Volatile Market
12:49 | 01/03/2017
UK - Last week, Arla Foods amba, the farmer-owned dairy company, released its Group 2016 results, announcing strong performance across its branded portfolio.
