Global Dairy Trade auction sees minor improvement
Farmers Weekly The Global Dairy Trade (GDT), an indicator of dairy market sentiment, reversed falls at the previous two auctions, rising 0.6%. The auction closed on an average price of US$3,517/t...
View ArticleFarmers warned to prepare for 2020 downturn
Farmers Weekly Farmers are being warned 2020 may bring the next dairy slump, which could be felt harder because of Brexit and cutbacks made during the recent crisis. The dairy industry needs to build...
View ArticleGlobal dairy production at three-year low
Farmers Weekly The world’s largest exporters of milk have reported their lowest levels of October production since 2013, according to AHDB Dairy. Global milk deliveries from the world’s five biggest...
View ArticleDanish milk and vegan spread at Lamma – farmers react
Farmers Weekly Farmers have reacted with incredulity that their breakfast at Lamma 2017 was served with long-life UHT milk from Denmark and spread labelled as vegan. The products were given to farmers...
View ArticleCattle prices ease after Christmas peak
Farmers Weekly Steer and heifer deadweight prices fell in the second week of January, as consumer demand followed its usual post-Christmas easing, according to AHDB Beef & Lamb. R4L steers and...
View ArticleArla increase milk price by less than a penny
Farmers Weekly Arla foods has increased its milk price by 0.76p/litre (1 euro cent/kg) taking its standard liquid price to 27.07p/litre. Producers on manufacturing contracts of 4.2% butterfat and 3.4%...
View ArticleLamb market reliant on weak pound and strong demand in 2017
Farmers Weekly The continued weakness of the pound and falling lamb production in New Zealand will be key to determining the UK lamb market’s strength in 2017, says AHDB Beef & Lamb. The pound’s...
View ArticleCelebrity comments fuel free-range milk debate
Farmers Weekly Dairy farmers have hit back at claims by celebrities Jimmy Doherty and Jamie Oliver about the superiority of free-range milk. A 10-minute segment on their Friday Night Feast programme...
View ArticleNFU shocked by Dairy UK’s assessment of milk market
Farmers Weekly The NFU has reacted with disbelief to a strikingly positive analysis of the UK dairy industry by Dairy UK. The organisation, which brands itself the “voice of the dairy industry”,...
View ArticleFirst Milk increase February A milk price
Farmers Weekly First Milk, has increased its A price for February by between 0.85p/litre and 0.95p/litre. The co-op’s just under 1,000 farmer owners will now receive between 26.05p/litre and...
View ArticleMuller freezes March milk price
Farmers Weekly Muller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) has frozen its March standard non-aligned milk price, the first major processor to do so since the downturn in mid-2016. The UK’s second-largest milk...
View ArticleFirst Milk to repay deferred 2015 milk cheques
Farmers Weekly Dairy co-op First Milk will be repaying its 1,000 farmer-owners for a fortnight’s missed milk payments, which were pushed back in January 2015. The payment worth two weeks of milk will...
View ArticleAnalysis: Free-range milk – separating fact from fiction
Farmers Weekly A new type of milk is making its way towards UK supermarket shelves, dividing opinion among producers and consumers in the process. Its champions trumpet it as the “middle-ground”...
View ArticleRugby star credits whole milk for miraculous recovery
Farmers Weekly England front-rower Joe Marler has put his remarkable three-and-a half-week recovery from injury down to drinking two pints of whole milk a day, after breaking his leg at the start of...
View Article13 milk myths and misconceptions debunked
Farmers Weekly An episode of Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast on Channel 4 a fortnight ago drew sharp criticism from farmers for turning consumers against housed dairy herds. The reputation of the...
View ArticleGlobal Dairy Trade climbs 1.3%
Farmers Weekly The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) index, an indicator of market sentiment, increased by 1.3%, to average £2,855/t in the latest fortnightly auction (7 February). The rise is its second...
View ArticleFeed issues reduce benefit of higher milk price
Farmers Weekly Dairy margins have been held back by poor forage quality and increased purchased feed costs despite rising farmgate milk prices, according to the latest results from Promar’s Milkminder....
View ArticleHundreds of Aussie farmers speak out at dairy enquiry
Farmers Weekly Hundreds of farmers are attending hearings across Australia to voice concerns as part of a an extensive enquiry into the state of the dairy industry. The enquiry by the Australian...
View ArticleBarber’s introduces ‘next generation’ milk contract
Farmers Weekly The world’s oldest cheddar-maker, Barber’s, has revealed the terms of its new, transparent, milk contract which will pay producers 30.13p/litre in February. The “Barber’s Assured”...
View ArticleNFU criticises 'misleading' vegan dairy adverts
Farmers Weekly A vegan media campaign accusing the dairy industry of animal cruelty has been slammed by the NFU. The adverts, which featured in the Sunday Telegraph a fortnight ago, have also appeared...
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