Spanish Dairy Sector on Brink of Collapse
21:35 | 05/04/2012
SPAIN - The situation in the Spanish dairy sector is critical, with sky high production costs crippling producers. It is estimated that producers have lost one million Euros because of drought alone.
NZ Closes Livestock Tax Loophole
21:31 | 28/03/2012
NEW ZEALAND - The Government has tightened livestock tax rules to prevent farmers who change valuation schemes receiving an unintended tax break, Finance Minister Bill English and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
EU Agriculture Must be Sustainable
16:48 | 22/03/2012
EU - According to the European Dairy Association (EDA), the primary objective of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be ensuring food security for the citizens of the EU whilst making a contribution to the food security of the rest of the world.
Canada Looks to Strengthen Livestock Traceability
21:55 | 21/03/2012
CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has called for feedback on proposed changes to the Health of Animals Act intended to strengthen livestock and poultry traceability in Canada.
Canada Looks to Strengthen Livestock Traceability
21:55 | 21/03/2012
CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has called for feedback on proposed changes to the Health of Animals Act intended to strengthen livestock and poultry traceability in Canada.
France Looks to Compensate Schmallenberg Victims
21:10 | 19/03/2012
FRANCE - Livestock professionals met with Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire last week to discuss the Schmallenberg situation in France.
Raw Milk Review - Do the Rules Need Revised?
21:25 | 13/03/2012
UK - The Board of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) will decide next week whether the FSA should review the current rules governing the sale and marketing of unpasteurised, or raw, drinking milk and cream. This follows developments in the sale of raw milk which have seen producers using new routes of sale for their products, such as the internet and vending machines.
Dairy Farmers Demand Reform in Farm Policy
19:11 | 12/03/2012
US - Three New York dairy farmers told the House Agriculture Committee that a major reform is needed in farm policy, and all three endorsed the Dairy Security Act, as the best approach to making needed changes.
Dairy Policies to Protect Producers Under Criticism
19:07 | 12/03/2012
US & EU - The 2009 milk crisis, as it has been called, saw a number of producers leave the business, and put pressure on governments to act in order to prevent such a crisis occurring again. Last week, policies to protect producers in the US and the EU came under criticism from producer representatives, writes Charlotte Johnston, TheCattleSite editor.
Canadian Farmes Trust Regulated Dairy Industry
21:32 | 07/03/2012
CANADA - Canada's response to the "milk wars" in the United States in the 1970s was to establish a supply management system that both protects and restricts the income of its dairy farmers. A University of Illinois study examined how the government regulation affects farmers' perceptions and found a climate of trust despite the inefficiency in milk production it maintains.
