High Dairy Import Worries Dangote Group
21:07 | 06/01/2017
NIGERIA - About 98 per cent of dairy products consumed in Nigeria are imported, the Chairman, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said.
Gujarat Dairy Farmers from Cooperatives Unpaid for 50 Days
09:51 | 05/01/2017
INDIA - Milk producers are desperately opening new bank accounts to receive cheque payments, but they don't intend to remain cashless for long.
Northland Dairy Farmers Cited for Non-Compliance
20:49 | 03/01/2017
NEW ZEALAND - Almost a third of Northland dairy farms are significantly non-compliant when it comes to effluent discharges and the region's top environment watchdog says the upward trend needs to change.
Zimbabwean Milk Production Rising
20:46 | 03/01/2017
ZIMBABWE - The country's milk production is on the rise despite the devastating drought which left more than 5.5 million people in need of food aid.
Oman to Set Up New Milk Collection, Dairy Project
20:21 | 28/12/2016
OMAN - An Omani pilot project will set up several milk collection centres and a dairy processing project which will open next year, aimed at supporting the livestock farmers in Dhofar region, said a report.
Indonesian Farmers Losing Appetite for Fresh Milk Business
20:41 | 26/12/2016
INDONESIA - The Indonesian Association of Dairy Cattle Farmers (APSPI) has predicted that the sluggish trend in domestic fresh milk production will continue next year as more local producers are likely to resign from fierce competition with imported dairy products.
New Zealand Milk Collection Falls in First Half
20:45 | 22/12/2016
NEW ZEALAND - Fonterra Cooperative Group's New Zealand milk collection was down 5.7 per cent on the year in the six months to 30 November as dairying regions were hit by unfavourable weather conditions.
Milk, Pork Purchase Prices on Rise in Estonia
22:53 | 21/12/2016
ESTONIA - Purchase prices in the livestock sector have started to increase in Estonia this year, with the average purchase price of pigs being seven and milk purchase price being 2.5 per cent higher than one year ago, it appears from a third-quarter survey carried out by the Ministry of Rural Affairs.
Dairy Sector No Longer a ‘Cash Cow’
10:16 | 20/12/2016
INDIA - Post-demonetisation,the dairy farmers, who had accounts in primary cooperative societies, were now left with no option other than to rely on their accounts in nationalised banks for their weekly sale proceeds.
IFA: Irish Co-ops Must Break 30c Barrier by Year End
18:29 | 17/12/2016
IRELAND - IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O’Leary said that in the week in which most co-ops will be deciding on their November milk prices and considering the outlook for early 2017, they should draw confidence from the strong milk price increases in Arla and Friesland Campina among other European milk purchasers.
