Dairy Industry, Products and News
A HOUSE of Commons committee is calling on the UK government to do more to help protect milk producers in this country. In a report published today, the environment food and rural affairs committee warns that, if farm-gate milk prices remain below the average cost of production, the government will have to ensure that UK [...]
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On 17-18 October participants of the WDS 2011 will have the opportunity to attend a Dairy Policies and Economics Conference focussing on the theme: “Growth and Sustainability”. This conference will be co-organized with the technical collaboration of the FAO, offering an overview of global dairy production and trade. Presentations will examine industry trends across the [...]
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Dairy farmers in Wales are failing to cover their costs because they receive less money per litre of milk than their counterparts in Europe, farming unions have warned. At the Royal Welsh Show, NFU Cymru called on governments in Cardiff Bay and Westminster to intervene to get a fairer deal for struggling dairy farmers. It blamed processors [...]
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Monthly UK milk production fell by 6.4% in June, according to the Rural Payments Agency. At 1.17bn litres, it was 8m litres below last year. However, following a strong start to the season, cumulative production was 57m litres ahead of 2010, at 3.6bn litres. Dairy producers continue to make better use of forage to combat [...]
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By Andrew Arbuckle Despite operating in challenging economic conditions, First Milk, the largest farmer owned co-operative in the country, has produced a significant improvement in profitability in the last financial year. Pre-tax profit for the company – which handles one sixth of all milk produced in Great Britain with some 1.6 billion litres passing through [...]
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ARC 2020, the alliance of civil society organisations from across Europe has pressed decision-makers to show courage in reforming the Common Agriculture Policy. At its European Conference which took place on 13 July at the Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, ARC members discussed CAP reform perspectives with Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, the President of the [...]
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Market sources estimate the transaction could be worth up to €200 million. Cargill Flavor Systems, spans 22 countries, with production facilities in Europe, North America and Asia. The company employs around 700 people and provides flavour ingredients and flavours for the beverage, dairy, sweet and savoury categories across a wide range of applications. Kerry Group [...]
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ANALYSTS fear job losses could be on the cards at Robert Wiseman Dairies as the East Kilbride firm struggles to overcome the impact of supermarket milk price wars. The long shadow of recent aggressive discounting by the major supermarket giants will hang over the dairy company when it pours out interim results tomorrow alongside its [...]
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A milk price war has broken out in kosher shops in London and Manchester after the arrival of a new supplier. Until now, milk for the strictly Orthodox community has been produced by Charedi Dairies and Edgware Dairies under licence from Kedassia, the kashrut division of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, and the London [...]
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Dairy farmers in Cheshire will have the chance to debate the future of the dairy sector with NFU dairy board chairman, Mansel Raymond, when he speaks at an open meeting in the county next week. The meeting takes place on Wednesday 3 November at the Heyrose Golf Club, Budworth Road, Tabley, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0HZ, [...]
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What do conservationist Bill Oddie, comedienne Jo Brand and actor William Roache (who plays Ken Barlow in TV soap Coronation Street) have in common? They’re all supporting the Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) campaign against a proposed super dairy at Nocton in Lincolnshire, England. ‘Hundreds of local residents objected to the initial mega-dairy plans earlier [...]
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By April Dávila in Life As a Human In January of this year, while procrastinating on Facebook, I followed a link to an article reporting on evidence that there may be health effects associated with consuming Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) corn. Clicking on that link was one of those moments on which I look back [...]
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