A perfect storm of lower production and higher exports and demand has fuelled consumer fears that butter would be of short supply right before the winter holidays. Fear not, says IDFA.
The organizations call for agri-food production businesses to be exempted from the mandatory energy reduction rules in order to avert ‘serious market and supply chain disruption’.
Fresh milk and butter were key contributors from a list of dairy products that have pushed inflation in the food category, fuelling a higher overall CPI index than analysts had expected.
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.
Union leaders failed to agree a pay deal for staff at Adams Foods' cheese packing plant in Leek on Monday, but remain hopeful of agreeing a package with management that will avert the need for strike action.
New forecasts published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggest that dairy retail prices in the US could jump by more than 5 per cent in 2011.
Dairy cooperative OMSCo has stepped in to market the organic supply of national rival Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB) earlier then planned after the group went into receivership last week.
The organic dairy market remains resilient in the economic downturn amidst ongoing diversification drives, but more most be done to improve profitability in supply, says the new vice-chairman of a leading British cooperative.
