Arla Foods, DMK Group Sign Mozzarella Contract Manufacturing Agreement

21:24 | 20/12/2017

GERMANY - Arla Foods and German dairy company DMK Group have signed a third-party manufacturing contract that will see DMK produce 35,000 tons of mozzarella cheese for Arla per year at its Nordhackstedt site in northern Germany.

CME: Corn, Soybean Acreage Planted Estimated to Increase Y/Y in 2018

20:57 | 06/12/2017

US - Last week (28 November 2017), the USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) provided early release tables that will be included in their long-term annual projections to 2027, reports Steiner Consulting Group, DLR Division, Inc.

Muller Shocker on Milk Price: 1.5p Price Cut Angers Dairy Farmers

20:48 | 05/12/2017

UK - News that dairy giant Muller are to slash the price paid to their farmers by a massive 1.5p per litre has seen NFU Scotland receive many calls from angry Muller suppliers.

Milk Output Rises 19%; Dairy Farmers' Income up 24% in 2014-17

21:31 | 28/11/2017

INDIA - India’s milk production rose by 19 per cent in the last three years to touch 163.6 million tonnes, leading to a significant increase in dairy farmers’ income, Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Sunday.

CME: Cattle, Hog Futures Markets Pointing to Higher Prices in 2017

21:23 | 07/11/2017

US - Cattle and hog prices jumped up last week in the cash market and across all the futures market months for the balance of this year and throughout 2018. Both futures markets and current livestock price levels are dramatically different than a year ago, reports Steiner Consulting Group, DLR Division, Inc.

EGY Dairy Targets EGP 135m of Sales This Year

22:32 | 04/10/2017

EGYPT - The Egyptian Company for Dairy Products & Food Additives (EGY Dairy) is targeting EGP 135m in sales this year, compared to EGP 110m last year—an increase of 23 per cent.

Review of Fonterra’s 2016/17 Base Milk Price Calculation

23:12 | 15/09/2017

NEW ZEALAND - The Commerce Commission has today released its final report on Fonterra’s base milk price calculation for the 2016/17 dairy season.

Dairy Prices Inch Higher as Milk Fats Gain, Powders Fall

14:52 | 07/09/2017

NEW ZEALAND - Dairy product prices edged higher at the Global Dairy Trade auction, rising for the second time in six auctions, as gains in milk fats offset a decline in milk powders.

NZ Dairy Exports Help Sustain Trade Surplus in July

22:47 | 29/08/2017

NEW ZEALAND - A recovery in dairy export prices helped boost July 2017 exports, compared with July 2016, Stats NZ said today. This led to a rare July trade surplus of $85 million in 2017.

Union Disappointment at Latest 'Stall and Fall' in Milk Prices

20:46 | 25/05/2017

SCOTLAND, UK - NFU Scotland has called the latest stall and fall in milk prices as disappointing and ill-judged.