Dairy

Portugal More Than Doubles Milk Production In Period Since 1980

Portugal has more than doubled its milk production since the start of the 1980s, going from 970,000 tonnes in 1980 to two million tonnes in 2015, according...

Dairy Exports Present A ‘Huge Opportunity’ For UK Industry

Dairy UK, a group that represents the dairy industry in the UK, has asked the British government to put in place structures to boost exports, which it says...

Biggest Dairy Surge In 7 Years Extends Global Food-Price Rally

The biggest surge in dairy costs in almost seven years and a rally in sugar helped boost global food prices to the highest in 18 months. The United Nati...

Billionaire French Milk King Shaken By Lactalis Farmer Protests

French billionaire Emmanuel Besnier gets milk. Transparency and media exposure not so much. Lactalis, the secretive milk empire founded by his grandfath...

Fonterra Planning on Steady Global Milk Powder Prices, CFO Says

Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. isn’t banking on further strong gains in global dairy prices in the coming months even as supply wanes, Chief Financi...

Eroski Strengthens Its Commitment To Sustainable Dairy

Eroski has strengthened its commitment to local dairies with the launch of new products from suppliers in Navarra and the Basque Country. As r...

Fonterra Raises Milk Price Forecast for Second Time In A Month

Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd., the world’s biggest dairy exporter, raised its forecast milk payout for the second time in a month, responding to si...

Milk Slump ‘Kick in the Guts’ for Kiwi Farmers Just Starting Out

Dairy farmers Bryce and Amanda Savage begin work before 5 a.m. and rarely finish before 6 at night. They even keep a round-the-clock vigil some evenings in...