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.

Arla Foods Amba Confirms June Milk Price

21:30 | 22/05/2017

UK - Arla Foods amba is holding its milk price for both conventional and organic milk for June 2017, however Arla’s UK price will be adjusted downward, by 0.4 pence per litre, taking the manufacturing standard litre to 27.73 pence.

Supermarkets See 4% Drop as Dairy Sales Shrink

20:45 | 05/05/2017

GREECE - Supermarkets suffered a 4 per cent decline in turnover over the first quarter of the year on an annual basis, according to IRI researchers, reflecting the general decline in consumption due to the prolonged economic uncertainty.

SAR Banks Grilled Over US$200m Loan to Dairy

21:35 | 26/04/2017

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is questioning lenders over a US$200 million (HK$1.56 billion) loan raised by China Huishan Dairy Holdings (6863), as regulators try to unpick the group's tangled finances.

Mother Dairy Turnover Up 9% in FY17

20:38 | 11/04/2017

INDIA - Mother Dairy's turnover grew by 9 per cent in the last fiscal to about Rs 7,850 crore helped by better sales in value-added dairy products and edible oils businesses.

Minister Must Obtain Retention of €30M Unspent Fund from EU Milk Reduction Scheme

20:37 | 07/04/2017

EU - Payments for the first phase of the EU production scheme were made last week, and those for the much smaller second and last phase will come due at the end of this month.

New Report Shows Importance of Dairy Industry

20:01 | 22/02/2017

NEW ZEALAND - A new report confirms the dairy industry makes a major contribution to New Zealand’s economy, says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

Japan's Dairy Import Prices Soar Amid Output Cuts

21:32 | 20/02/2017

JAPAN - Cheese and butter import prices are climbing as exporting nations in Oceania and Europe curtail production of raw milk, while the yen's weakness against the dollar could eventually have a ripple effect on domestic retail prices.

NZ Commodity Prices Down in January

16:58 | 04/02/2017

NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand commodity prices dipped in January, with wool and dairy weakness counteracting broad-based gains.