A decidedly negative period for two of the major Countries in Oceania, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Murray Goulburn, one of the major Australian milk processing companies, keeps reporting financial losses referred to the period July - December 2016, in view of a 5% decrease in collected milk (source: clal.it)
In
From early March British supermarket chain Asda will be stocking milk with the Pasture Promise logo indicating that the cows grazed outside for at least six months of the year, in one or two litre packages. The price will be between 20 and 50% higher than traditional products. This type
In a little less than ten years the EU could become the world's largest exporter of dairy products according to Kees De Roest from the Research Centre on Animal Production (CRPA) in Reggio Emilia. He spoke at the Italian Agriculture and Livestock Fair (17-19 February in Montichiari, Brescia) and explained
After thunder comes rain. As of 19 April it will be mandatory in Italy to state on the packages of all milk and dairy products the origin of the raw material used in a way that is clear, visible and easy-to-read so as to ensure more transparency and greater protection
People who say that dairy products are bad for you after a certain age should apparently think again. This is what Assolatte (Italian Dairy Association) has stated, underlining that dairy products help keep the brain sharp. A study by the University of Kansas Medical Center supports this theory.
On the other
It looks like Australian milk and dairy season is sensibly late: it is in fact largely believed that the usual seasonal trend has been delayed. Apparently, the cause might be the cold and rainy weather that went on for most of the spring and is still persisting in summer.
In spite
Australian milk season started out with three months of decreasing figures in a row; there is the risk to finish it with a 7-10% decrease (source: Rabobank) reaching the same levels of 2002/2003, when, due to one of the worst droughts in history, the country suffered a 8% reduction in
Do milk and cheese prevent obesity, or rather, are they able to fight it? It would appear so according to a Chinese study carried out by Weijing Wang, Yili Wu and Dongfeng Zhang of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics at the Medical College of Qingdao University.
The study has been
While the world's dairy industry is showing signs of growth with cheese exports that are set to increase in value by 2.3% in 2015-2020, in Italy consumption is falling. Cattlesheds are suffering a real crisis. This is what has emerged from a report by Confcooperative (the Confederation of the Italian Cooperatives) based
Prices of whole milk powder are increasing slightly. This tendency is being met very positively by New Zealand farmers as whole milk powder strongly influences the price of milk paid to farmers by large processing companies.
Skimmed milk powder prices are also rising. This is due to the widespread perception that
