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Raw milk production remains strong and steadily improving in South America, thanks mainly to the favorable weather conditions. Farm gate nominal prices remain relatively high. However, in most cases, dairy farmer operating costs are relatively high due to the negative drought effects to grain crops during Q1....

Australia has moved to cooler weather and frost throughout the country is limiting crop growth. Looking ahead, there are concerns about feed supplies not meeting demand. Milk production is at a low level in seasonal terms, but many milk producers are optimisticoverall as to the new milk production season, which started on July 1, 2018. Fonterra’s New Zealand milk collection for May 2018 was +6.6% compared with May 2018, thanks to a favorable autumn weather. Milk collection for the season ended 31 May 2018 down 1% on&...

Ukrainian milk market began to show signs of stabilization only in late June, which did not allow to significantly affect the overall picture, and the average monthly prices showed a decrease. This was reported by analyst of Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine (AMP) Yana Muzychenko. Thus, cost for kg of Extra Grade milk fell by 0.04 UAH to 8.8...

IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Tom Phelan today said that the improvement in all international dairy market indicators makes price increases imperative at this point. He stressed that they are also absolutely necessary as farmers' milk receipts are squeezed and production costs bumped up by drought. «An increase of 1c/l at...

Migrant labour from the Ukraine could plug the shortage of European Union workers needed on British farms post-Brexit, Defra Secretary Michael Gove has suggested. Speaking in front of MSPs at Holyrood, Mr Gove made the suggestion that the farming industry could «think about looking further afield» when recruiting labour. The farming industry employs a huge number of migrant workers from the European Union, and fears the loss of freedom of movement post-Brexit will bring a «catastrophic f...

The problem of cheese products sales is not being solved, warehouses are full, the terms of the stored products are expiring and traders have to sell the products for a song. Even to Kazakhstan some operators are selling cheese at 1,700 USD/ton. There is almost no hope for the renewal of export schemes through Belarus. In the domestic market s...

In Paraguay and Uruguay several dairy farmers have reported wet and muddy conditions. Elsewhere in South America rain showers are providing moisture for wheat and other crops, with a minimal impact on the main dairy basins. In Argentina milk production is boosted by the cooling temperatures, as winter begins. Milk production is unsteady in Uruguay, where several dairy producers continue t...

A new project is to investigate early disease diagnosis in dairy calves using artificial intelligence methods. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a complex disease that affects millions of animals and costs an estimated £80 million annually in the UK alone. The disease is fatal when left untreated and often only recognised in an&nb...

Brexit will threaten new EU regulations on prohibiting the use of antibiotics in farming «at the altar of trade», according to an MEP. The new rules agreed on Tuesday (19 June) are part of an on-going battle against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is responsible for an estimated 25,000 deaths a year in the...

The only certainty is that Chinese imports of dairy products are increasing. Import updates from official Chinese sources have not yet been released. The official import figures are limited to the first quarter of this year and show an increase by 15.3% y-o-y, with interesting rises for Bulk and Packaged Milk, Whole Milk Powder...