News & Analysis on the Dairy Industry & Markets
US COMMODITIES CORNER
Class III milk prices continued to fall in March 2013 despite a slight decrease in US cheese, dry whey, and butter inventories during the month. According to US dairy commodities expert and MilkPrice blogger, John Geuss, any "real recovery" in milk...
Opinion
Just as Woolworths announced in Australia this week that its third-quarter revenue had risen 2.5% largely due to increased sales of milk, its arch rival, Coles, revealed it had signed new contracts with two dairy farmer co-operatives.
DAIRYREPORTER.COM SPECIAL: DRIVING UP QUALITY, DRIVING DOWN COST
In the current economic climate, dairy processors are looking across their businesses for opportunities to reduce outgoings and increase margins. But firms that cut packaging investment are only risking profits and product quality, Mintel has claimed.
DAIRYREPORTER.COM SPECIAL: DRIVING UP QUALITY, DRIVING DOWN COST
Product rejection and recall costs have the potential to run into the millions. Simply striving to drive up the quality and safety of finished products can reduce, or even avert, these unwanted additional outgoings, dairy processor FrieslandCampina told...
DAIRYREPORTER.COM SPECIAL: DRIVING UP QUALITY, DRIVING DOWN COST
There is no ‘magic ingredient’ dairy producers can use to counteract changes in product stability resulting from pressure to cut sugars, salt and fat, although newer non-thermal processes can help, according to a leading food microbiologist.