US Government to Purchase Surplus Cheese
19:52 | 12/10/2016
US - Following a roundtable discussion with dairy producers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering to purchase $20 million of cheddar cheese.
Dairy Price Jump Fuels Global Food Price Rise
22:48 | 11/10/2016
GLOBAL - Lower prices for staple grains were more than offset by rising sugar and dairy prices in this month's Food Price Index from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Murray Goulburn Lifts Milk Prices
22:29 | 13/09/2016
AUSTRALIA - Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited (MG) today announced a step-up in milk prices by the equivalent of $0.15 per kilogram milk solids (kgms).
EU Milk Production Hits Lowest Level Since End of Quota
20:35 | 12/09/2016
EU - EU milk production this June fell to its lowest daily rate since milk quotas were abolished, according to UK levy board AHDB Dairy.
Global Dairy Trade Prices Up Again
19:48 | 07/09/2016
GLOBAL - Price indices at the Global Dairy Trade auction on Tuesday rose by 7.7 per cent, indicating continuing recovery in dairy prices.
Fonterra Milk Price Transparency Improving, Report Suggests
14:40 | 22/08/2016
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand's Commerce Commission has released its draft report on Fonterra’s base milk price calculation for the 2015/16 dairy season.
CME: Large Soybean Harvest to Improve Feed Prices
20:16 | 18/08/2016
US - High protein feed cost prospects for livestock and poultry producers improved last Friday, with the USDA-NASS estimate of record large harvests for corn and soybean, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
US Dairy Farmers to Receive Millions in Financial Assistance
22:20 | 05/08/2016
US - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced approximately $11.2 million in financial assistance to American dairy producers enrolled in the 2016 Margin Protection Programme for Dairy.
Dairy Processors Urged to Raise Prices
19:55 | 04/08/2016
UK, IRELAND - Dairy commodity prices have risen, and two farming unions on the island of Ireland have urged processors not to delay passing this on to farmers, who have faced months of cash flow pressures in their businesses.
Fonterra Prices Reflect Continued Global Uncertainty
18:39 | 02/08/2016
NEW ZEALAND - Dairy co-operative Fonterra has announced the value of the total payout available to farmers in the 2016/17 season, which the company Chairman John Wilson said means another financially challenging season for farmers.
