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Restaurants call foul as dairy farmers get a second pay hike this year

World dairy prices are crashing but Alberta Milk chair says the  latest increase is modest and won’t hurt restaurant chains

By Alexis Kienlen August 5, 2016

Even though world dairy prices are at historic lows, Canadian dairy farmers will be getting a boost of 2.76 per cent for industrial milk — used to make butter, ice cream, yogurt, and cheese — starting Sept. 1. It comes on the heels of a 2.2 per cent price hike in February. “The industrial price […] Read more

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International dairy prices, volumes fall at auction

By Charlotte Greenfield March 15, 2016

Wellington | Reuters –– International dairy prices fell overnight at the fortnightly GlobalDairyTrade auction, despite market expectations that prices might rise. Fonterra’s GlobalDairyTrade Price Index dipped 2.9 per cent, with an average selling price of $2,190 per tonne, in the auction held on Tuesday (all figures US$). A total of 20,406 tonnes was sold at […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Arla CEO says world dairy market in crisis

By Ole Mikkelsen February 17, 2016

Copenhagen | Reuters –– Arla Foods, one of Europe’s biggest dairy companies, said on Wednesday the global milk market was in crisis due to oversupply, but it expected demand, particularly from China, to pick up at the end of the year. Headquartered in Denmark, Arla is Britain’s largest and the world’s seventh-largest dairy company. It […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

EU dairy farmers get rude awakening in post-quota market

By Gus Trompiz August 28, 2015

Paris | Reuters — European dairy farmers caught out by a global market decline as they emerge from a 30-year-old quota system may have little choice but to produce at full pelt, hoping for a recovery in international prices next year. Milk prices paid to EU farmers are down 20 per cent from last year […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.K. grocers Morrisons, Aldi give ground in milk dispute

By Reuters August 14, 2015

London | Reuters — British supermarkets Morrisons and Aldi responded on Friday to pressure from financially strapped dairy farmers by raising the price they pay milk suppliers. U.K. farmers have warned they face financial ruin, with falls in the price of milk forcing many out of work and spurring others to blockade distribution centres and […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Fonterra cuts dairy jobs as ‘white gold’ rush fizzles

By Naomi Tajitsu July 16, 2015

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand dairy exporter Fonterra is cutting jobs in an effort to shore up its cash flows as a slump in global dairy demand, particularly from No. 1 buyer China, threatens to snuff out the country’s “white gold” rush. Dairy prices have more than halved from record highs scaled in 2013, […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Global dairy demand seen picking up only slightly

By Naomi Tajitsu May 28, 2015

Wellington | Reuters –– Global dairy prices are expected to pick up only slightly over the next 12 months, New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, said Thursday. Fonterra said the subdued outlook amid sluggish demand would likely slow the pace of New Zealand dairy output growth, and kept its forecast payout […] Read more

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Restaurants call foul as dairy farmers get a second pay hike this year

International dairy prices, volumes fall at auction

Arla CEO says world dairy market in crisis

EU dairy farmers get rude awakening in post-quota market

U.K. grocers Morrisons, Aldi give ground in milk dispute

Fonterra cuts dairy jobs as ‘white gold’ rush fizzles

Global dairy demand seen picking up only slightly

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