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07 February 2019
Dairy Farmers Can Now Benchmark Against the Top DairiesUK - Dairy farmers can now benchmark themselves against the top five percent of farms following an update to AHDB Dairy’s key performance indicators (KPIs) which were revealed at Dairy-Tech ....
Farmer Input Needed for New Zealand's Biosecurity Response LevyDairy farmers are being strongly encouraged to give their feedback on how the sector will pay its share of the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) response programme....
06 February 2019
NCBA CattleFax Outlook: Markets Expected to Continue Strong; US shifts away from El Niño US - During the first half of 2019, the United States will see a shift away from El Niño conditions as equatorial ocean currents begin to cool into the summer, Art Douglas, Ph. D., professor emeritus at Creighton University, told the audience during...
04 February 2019
US soy sets export record in market year ending SeptemberFarmer investments in international markets produced strong results in the 2017/2018 marketing year, despite trade dynamics developing as the export period closed....
01 February 2019
UK One Health Report on antimicrobial resistance publishedUK - The UK One Health Report, published Thursday 31 January, brings together data on the levels of antibiotic use in humans and animals, said DEFRA...
23 January 2019
FrieslandCampina Opens Distribution Centre in MeppelNETHERLANDS - Today is the day of the festive opening of the new distribution centre of FrieslandCampina DC Noord in Meppel, the Netherlands....
Arla Foods Amba Confirms Unchanged February Milk PriceUK - Arla Foods amba’s conventional milk price for February 2019 will be unchanged, with the manufacturing price per litre remaining at 30.24 pence from 1 February 2019 for Arla’s farmer owners....
New US Strain of Bovine TB Identified in North Dakota Beef HerdUS - North Dakota veterinarians are investigating a beef herd in Sargent County after bovine tuberculosis (TB) was identified....
22 January 2019
Prabhat Dairy Hits 52-week Low; Milk Business to be Sold to LactalisINDIA - Shares of Prabhat Dairy hit a 52-week low of Rs 78.15, declining 16 per cent from its previous close, and crashing 30 per cent from its intra-day high on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) after the company announced that global dairy major Lactalis...
Indigenous Cattle Company Building Billionaire-style Cattle EmpireAUSTRALIA - An Indigenous-owned cattle company is building a portfolio of stations akin to those of Australian and foreign billionaires, but their endgame is radically different....
21 January 2019
Unnecessary Department Restrictions on Movements Could Damage Calf Trade, Says IFAIRELAND - IFA President Joe Healy said the IFA has strongly outlined farmer objections and concerns over the imposition of unnecessary restrictions on the farm-to-farm movements put forward by the Dept of Agriculture....
Immediate End to Govt Shutdown UrgedUS - The partial government shutdown—soon to enter its fifth week—is causing harm and exacerbating issues already facing American family farmers and ranchers as they look to sell their crops, acquire financing and prepare for the coming year. ...
Qatar Aims to Export Dairy, Poultry Products by Year EndQATAR - After increasing the production of dairy and poultry products tremendously in the last one-and-a-half years, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment is aiming to start exporting these two types of food products by end of this year....
Dairy Producers Fret Over Nation's Shrinking Newborn PopulationCHINA - Chinese dairy producers may face problems in 2019 as the number of births in the country is expected to keep dropping while more foreign rivals enter the market amid government moves to encourage imports, ramping up pressure on domestic players....
Dairy Queen to Double in SizeTHAILAND - Minor DQ Ltd, the franchisee of Dairy Queen in Thailand, aims to double its sales growth and business size over the next 3-5 years. ...
No 'Over the Fence' Spread of M. Bovis, Says MPINEW ZEALAND - The Ministry for Primary Industries says there have been no cases of "over the fence spread" of Mycoplasma bovis, as three more farms are confirmed as infected with the cattle disease....
New Energy Supply for FrieslandCampina VeghelNETHERLANDS - Six bundles of three cables as thick as a fist and with a total length of 54 kilometres in the ground, the FrieslandCampina Ingredients location in Veghel (NL) has a new, sustainable energy supply that is fed by green electricity. The new...
18 January 2019
CME: Fed Cattle Weights Drift Lower in DecemberUS - With back to back storms hitting much of the Midwest, and feedlot conditions expected to go from bad to worse, we figured it would be appropriate to review the latest data on fed cattle weights and grading. But before we do that, a word of gratitude...
IFA Defends Irish Beef, Dairy Production Against Lancet ReportIRELAND - Responding to the report published by The Lancet yesterday, IFA President Joe Healy said the report fails to take any account of how carbon efficiently food is produced in different regions of the world, or the very high standards that Irish...
Cargill to Grow Pakistan BusinessPAKISTAN - Cargill renewed its long standing commitment to Pakistan by announcing plans to invest more than US$200 million in the next three-to-five years....
17 January 2019
CME: Dairy Breed Discounts High as $23/cwt in 2018US - The analysis often presented about livestock and poultry markets uses shorthands to explain production and price trends. We often talk about cattle weights and prices, hogs slaughtered and chicken performance. The reality is more nuanced, according...
Pelwatte Dairy Industries Invests in Animal Feed Plant in ButtalaSRI LANKA - Pelwatte Dairy Industries Limited (PDIL), Sri Lanka’s 100 percent local dairy manufacturer has re-launched its own state-of-the-art animal feed plant in close proximity to its milk processing factory and farms in Buttala....
Dairy Cattle Numbers Dip Again, Beef Cattle Numbers UpNEW ZEALAND - The number of dairy cattle has dipped for the second year, while beef cattle numbers increased strongly in 2018, Stats NZ said today....
Tunisian Market Opens to Estonian Dairy ProductsESTONIA - Starting from 2019, Estonian dairy product companies are able to export their goods to Tunisia....
Shared Cattle Rearing Boon for Teesta Char WomenBANGLADESH - Poor women in Teesta chars under Dimla upazila are changing their lot by rearing cattle on share basis with owners of the domestic animals....
Arla Foods Announces Start of Digital CreativityDENMARK - Arla has set up its own creative media agency. Its name, "The Barn", was inspired by the company's agricultural roots....
16 January 2019
Dairy Farmers Welcome Draft Mandatory Dairy Code of ConductAUSTRALIA - Farmers are embracing plans for a mandatory code of conduct for the dairy industry, while also highlighting fundamental problems facing the sector they say are being ignored....
NLDB to Popularise Livestock, Dairy ProductsSRI LANKA - Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation and Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister P. Harrison instructed National Livestock Development Board (NLDB) officials to prepare a proper mechanism to improve...
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