Ekosem-Agrar AG has announced the Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank, RSHB) has adopted resolutions on the continued financing of the Ekosem-Agrar Group.
Canadian food prices in Canada are going up — again. Canada's Food Price Report 2022 forecasts an overall food price increase of 5% to 7% for the coming year, the highest predicted increase in food prices since the inception of the report 12 years...
Fonterra shareholders have given the cooperative’s new capital structure proposal the green light with 85.16% of the total farmer votes in support of the proposal.
US company Hart Dairy, a producer of pasture-raised and grass-fed 365-days-per-year milk, has successfully raised a $20m investment to advance the long-term trajectory of the company.
The new Alfa Laval CM Connect is a subscription-based condition monitor and cloud gateway, which enables plant operators to access data of rotating equipment on processing lines from a remote location.
The Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) dairy cooperative, based in Novi, Michigan, has announced it will acquire Superior Dairy in Canton, Ohio, a subsidiary of LEL Operating Company.
New data published by the Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index says despite pockets of leadership and innovation the animal agriculture sector is unprepared for the decade of transition on climate change and risks looking “outdated and unattractive.”
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has subscribed to around 19.4m shares, worth $4.2m, as part of the initial public offering (IPO) of PT Cisarua Mountain Dairy Tbk (Cimory) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.
JK Tech is launching its Smart Dairy Solution in the UK and Europe. The JK Tech Smart Dairy Solution is an enterprise solution for the milk processing industry on a single platform.
In its December overview of the global dairy commodities market, Maxum Foods said the outlook for market fundamentals has further tightened on the supply side in the past month, with peak production in NZ remaining weaker than expected and continued downward...
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) have introduced the bipartisan Dairy Pricing Opportunity Act of 2021 in the United States Senate. The bipartisan legislation launches national hearings on Federal Milk Marketing...
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) has released the 15th edition of its Animal Health Report, which is available to download for free on the IDF website.
Maeil Dairies Australia has invested A$13.5m (US$9.7m) to acquire Corio Bay Dairy Group’s partially-built dairy-processing facility in Geelong, Victoria.
SIG has launched a new digital smart factory solution, Plant 360 Asset Health Monitoring, which it said will help customers improve operations and ensure food safety and quality while reducing costs.
This week on the podcast, we have interviews with Pim van Hee, innovation manager dairy and dairy alternatives, and Eric van den Berg, product application expert phages, at DSM Food Specialties; research analyst at Defend Our Health, Roopa Krithivasan;...
Dairy processors have generally improved their compliance with Australia’s Dairy Code for the start of the 2021-22 season, but there are still areas of non-compliance that need to be addressed.
Representatives from 12 European countries gathered last week at the European Milk Board’s (EMB) General Assembly in Leuven, Belgium, to jointly discuss key solutions for the dairy sector.
With dairy emissions accounting for 22% of Starbucks global carbon emissions, the coffee chain has partnered with dairy cooperative Arla Foods to work on a three-year pilot to create a sustainable sourcing blueprint. This blueprint will go on to support...
Alfa Laval has introduced the PlusClean cleaning nozzle, which the company said delivers 100% tank cleaning coverage, up to 80% savings in water and cleaning media costs, and no product contamination.
European agricultural technology business N2 Applied has a pilot project of its technology that eliminates harmful emissions and enriches the nutrient content of livestock manure.
Royal DSM, a global science-based company, announced at COP26 in Glasgow that it is planning to realize large-scale production capacity for its methane-reducing feed additive for ruminants, Bovaer, with a new plant at its existing site in Dalry, Scotland.
On this week’s podcast, we have interviews with Suzanne van den Eshof, global head of marketing food industry at FrieslandCampina Professional; Unnar Helgi Danielsson, founder, and York Underwood, brand manager, from Thor’s Skyr; and Mostafa Medhat, senior...
The production, distribution and consumption of food uses about a third of the world's energy and is responsible for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, making its decoupling from fossil fuels a priority in the fight against climate...
The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill aimed at increasing the state’s exports of dairy, meat and other agricultural products by 25% within five years.
Straus Family Creamery and seaweed-supplement maker Blue Ocean Barns have reduced dairy cows’ enteric methane emissions by an average of 52%, and as much as 90%, by supplementing their diets with seaweed.
The cost of milk to make dairy products in Canada is set to rise by an average of 8.4% following a Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) review of Canadian farm gate milk prices and other costs used in administering the supply management system.
A new report from Kite Consulting highlights the pressing need for consumer price increases in dairy in the UK. The era of cheap food is over, it suggests.
UFlex, India’s largest multinational flexible packaging and polymer science company, and the first Indian manufacturer of aseptic liquid packaging material and filling lines under the brand name Asepto, will showcase its new ‘foil stamping’ innovation...
Yogurt producer Stonyfield Organic has announced it will be using 100% renewable electricity at its Londonderry, New Hampshire, manufacturing facility by the end of 2022.
Global farming techniques are coming under increasing strain. A variety of factors - population growth, geopolitical tensions, climate change, shifting consumer behavior and more – are pushing the limits of current agricultural productivity.
On this week’s podcast we talk to Arla Foods Ingredients’ Mads Dyrvig, head of sales development, business unit health & performance, and two more interviews from the recent Anuga event in Cologne, Germany: Soriya Jamet, export sales & marketing...
By Wopke Beukema and Sharad Tripathi, PerkinElmer, Inc.
It’s no secret the dairy industry has greatly evolved over the last few decades. And, from the farming stage through to processing and packaging, advancements in technology have allowed the sector to boost yields, enhance quality and lower costs.
GEA recently delivered and commissioned a newly-developed skimming separator for Indian ice-cream manufacturer Dinshaw's Dairy Foods Pvt. Ltd. in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Farmer-owned dairy cooperative Arla Foods has set a new target to achieve more than 50% growth across its UK organic retail and foodservice business in the next five years.
