WORLD DAIRY NEWS Weakening demand in China to ripple in dairy markets
The Global Dairy Trade Index has fallen 11% since April following rapid increases this winter as demand is called into question amid lockdowns across multiple Chinese cities. Rabobank expects the market will carefully monitor the situation in China for signs of further weakening demand. The move downwards of the GDT Index puts it back down…
War continues to impact dairy commodities market: Maxum Foods analysis
Analysis from Maxum Foods has showed that dairy commodities continue to feel the effects of the war in Ukraine, high temperatures and the rising cost of living for consumers. The prices of dairy commodities are expected to stay strong in the EU but for Australia the cost of milk powder and fat will go down…
New Zealand’s plan to tax cow and sheep burps-FAQs
New Zealand has a strange problem at hand – burping livestock. For a rather unusual issue, it has an unusual solution. The country has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps. Why is New Zealand taxing burps? When these animals burp, they release methane. And the plan has been put into place to…
New study associates dairy milk intake with greater risk of prostate cancer
Men with higher intakes of dairy foods, especially milk, face a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer compared to men with lower intakes, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Loma Linda University Health. The study found no such associations between increased prostate cancer risk and intake of non-dairy calcium, suggesting substances other…
Rabobank forecasts decline in demand for dairy products
Rabobank’s response to “Are we there yet?,” referring to peak milk powder prices, is yes. It appears that global milk powder prices peaked during 1H 2022. While milk production is in the middle of a significant slowdown, set to last at least four consecutive quarters (from Q3 2021 to Q2 2022), weakening demand expectations are…
The meat and dairy farmers who are going vegan
It was after Laurence Candy lost most of his dairy herd to bovine tuberculosis that he decided he would no longer send animals to the slaughterhouse. “It made me wonder if we can justify the industrial slaughter of sentient beings,” says the 50-year-old looking back on the event in 2017. “As a society, we have…
Saudis boycott dairy products in protest at price increases
Saudi citizens have launched a campaign calling for a boycott of dairy products and coffee shops in protest at a sharp increase in the price of goods. In May, the price of chickens, eggs, yoghurts, cheese, and milk in Saudi Arabia almost doubled, provoking a major backlash against dairy companies. According to the Saudi Consumer Protection…
New questions about the freshwater impact of NZ dairy farming
Water scarcity and water pollution are increasingly critical global issues. Water scarcity is driven not only by shortages of water, but also by rendering water unusable through pollution. New Zealand is no exception to these trends. Demand for water has rapidly increased, and New Zealand now has the highest per capita take of water for…
New questions about the freshwater impact of NZ dairy farming
Water scarcity and water pollution are increasingly critical global issues. Water scarcity is driven not only by shortages of water, but also by rendering water unusable through pollution. New Zealand is no exception to these trends. Demand for water has rapidly increased, and New Zealand now has the highest per capita take of water for…
A dairy farm in Trenton in USA is turning cow poop into profits
According to the USDA, dairy cows can produce 80 pounds of manure per day. Jan Henderson grew up in a farming household. “My grandfather was a dairy farmer in Western New York. My dad was a dairy farmer in Western New York. We moved to Florida and relocated our dairy farm in 1986,” she said….