Dairy

There are a variety of options when it comes to printing codes on products. Pic: ©Videojet

Solving coding challenges in the dairy industry

By Mike McCormick, global marketing manager, Videojet Technologies

Where dairy production is concerned, humid and wet production environments coupled with short product shelf life creates pressures for packaging operations.

Egli and Fasa machinery, as well as parts and servicing, is now available in the UK through Dairy Machinery UK.

Egli and Fasa butter machinery available in the UK

By Jim Cornall

Machinery from Swiss butter and margarine processing company Egli AG, and its partner packaging company, Lithuania’s Fasa, is now available to UK producers through Dairy Machinery UK.

The fact that Tajikistan is 93% mountainous makes agriculture in the country challenging. The ADB is providing a grant to the country to look at boosting dairy production. Pic: ©iStock/aggey

ADB grant to help fund study on boosting dairy production in Tajikistan

By Jim Cornall

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $500,000 technical assistance grant to prepare a feasibility study for a proposed project to improve food security in Tajikistan by boosting dairy production while making the industry more resilient to climate...

An EBRD loan to the Kazakh dairy company FoodMaster is expected to raise dairy standards in Kazakhstan.

EBRD loan for Kazakh dairy FoodMaster

By Jim Cornall

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved the funding of a long-term loan of up to €15m ($16.8m) to FoodMaster, Kazakhstan’s biggest dairy.

Lagan Valley Island in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, will be the venue for 'managing Dairy Volatility,' a day-long conference that will look at low milk prices and market volatility. Photo: iStock - Robert Mayne

Milk price crisis prompts dairy conference

By Jim Cornall

In response to current low milk prices, a conference has been arranged for next month to address international responses to low milk market prices and market volatility. 

Milk production in Zimbabwe has improved, but farmers still want government support

Zimbabwe milk production rises

By Jim Cornall

Milk production has increased by 11% this year as more farmers join the dairy production industry, a Zimbabwe government official has said.

The EFRA committee is investigating the impact of price volatility for milk and dairy products

Dairy prices enquiry launched

By Rod Addy

An official enquiry into dairy prices has been launched by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee following the rapid plunge in milk prices in the past year.