Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative is encouraging US trade officials to include market access for dairy products when crafting a new trade and economic plan for the Indo-Pacific Region.
Sustained advocacy from the dairy sector has helped secure 500 more international workers to help on dairy farms, however, the Government’s border class exceptions still fall short of the sector’s 4,000 worker shortage, according to DairyNZ.
NeoSpectra by Si-Ware, the creator of NeoSpectra material analysis solutions built on single-chip FT-NIR spectrometers, has announced a partnership with NutriControl Analytical Solutions, a laboratory network based in the Netherlands serving the animal...
The Canadian government has announced the launch of the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund, worth C$292.5m (US$229.3m), to help processors of supply-managed commodities increase their competitiveness and resilience in the face of evolving markets.
Recent analysis by Kite Consulting in the UK shows dairy farm costs of production will continue to rise considerably in the coming months, with break-even milk prices likely to exceed 40 pence per liter (52 cents) later this year.
The president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) said “there are no circumstances” in which ICMSA will agree to a cap on the volumes of milk produced in Ireland.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent sanctions imposed upon Russia, doing business with the world’s largest country is becoming increasingly complicated.
The Ice Cream Alliance, organizers of the Ice Cream and Artisan Food Show, which took place in Harrogate in the UK in February, said despite concerns about Covid, visitor numbers were up 3.5% on 2020, which in turn was one of the best attended ice cream...
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks.
The dairy checkoff has entered a five-year collaboration with Mayo Clinic to explore research and consumer outreach efforts to improve public health and advance dairy’s benefits.
The Foodservice Division of the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) has announced the kickoff date for the 4th Annual Real California Pizza Contest, the return of the CADairy2Go competition and the rollout of a new culinary event focusing on Cal-Mex...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) in Northern Ireland has requested an urgent meeting with dairy processors to address farmers receiving a poor return for their milk, despite dairy commodity prices rising significantly for almost a year now.
Oman’s Samail Industrial City has succeeded in attracting Al Habib Food Industries, which specializes in the production of milk and its derivatives, in a record time of 30 minutes after receiving the investment application on Madayn's website.
Farmers in the Canadian province of British Columbia who suffered extraordinary damages in last year's devastating floods will have access to up to C$228m (US$180m) in federal-provincial government support to help their farms return to production.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $1bn in partnerships to support America’s climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative and the NMPF applauded an announcement last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that schools will continue to be allowed to offer flavored low-fat milk for at least the next two years.
Global dairy commodity prices have reached historical highs and will remain under the strong influence of tight milk supplies, keeping commodity values at long-term highs, at least until the strength of the northern hemisphere spring flush is known, said...
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced an investment by the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), its development impact-oriented subsidiary, into TND SA, an FMCG company in Mauritania.
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) has announced it has a goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from farm-level dairy production by the year 2050.
NFU president Minette Batters met with the UK Minister for Exports, Mike Freer MP, to explain more about the NFU Dairy Export Strategy designed to help unlock new opportunities within international markets.
Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue TD met with stakeholders from the dairy sector on Friday to discuss the targets for the agriculture and land use sector under the Climate Action Plan.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring have announced emergency measures designed to ease a shortage of truck drivers in the milk distribution industry that has affected schools, businesses and other customers.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), the Port of Los Angeles, and shipping and logistics company CMA CGM have formed a Dairy Exports Working Group aimed at identifying and addressing supply chain issues hampering US dairy product exports.
SIG has announced the fourth version of its SIGCUBATOR accelerator program food and drink start-ups and small businesses to help launch their products.
This week, we have conversations with Soumya Nair, global consumer research and insights director at Kerry; Martijn Goedhart, co-founder of OpenDairy; and Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield co-founder and former CEO, on the Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership.
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation that would direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to begin holding Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) hearings by this summer, to give milk producers a greater voice in...
With the recent signing of a joint declaration of the Philippines and France on agricultural cooperation in the dairy industry, the Philippines Agriculture Secretary William Dar has urged the sector to ramp up production.
Applications are now open for dairy farmers to recruit much needed international workers including farm assistants and herd managers, under changes to a class exception scheme.
Following the acquisition of Biomin in 2020, a specialty animal nutrition and health business, health, nutrition and bioscience company Royal DSM has launched three business lines for its Animal Nutrition and Health business.
Tastes that offer novelty, over-the-top indulgence and targeted health benefits are set to drive consumer preference in 2022, according to taste and nutrition company Kerry.
In a move to enhance their focus on strategic priorities, the Dairy Business Association (DBA) and Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative have promoted Tim Trotter to a new position of chief executive officer.
New figures released in the annual Bord Bia (The Irish Food Board) Export Performance and Prospects report 2021/2022 show exports of Irish food, drink and horticulture to the UK have remained constant in value at €4.4bn ($5bn), compared to 2020.
Last fall, 89 organic family farms across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and eastern New York received the news that Horizon, a brand owned by Danone North America, was terminating its purchase contracts, effective in early 2023.
N2 Applied's core business is to reduce methane and ammonia emissions from food production, and in-turn convert livestock manure into effective and sustainable nitrogen-rich fertilizer.
