Impact of gluten, coffee, dairy and alcohol on endometriosis
Dietary changes could reduce the pain of endometriosis for half of those living with the disease, a new study suggests. The largest international survey ever conducted on diet and endometriosis, involving 2,599 people, found 45% of those who stopped eating gluten and 45% of those who cut out dairy reported experiencing an improvement in their…
Dairy of an Agro phile ? How now, holy cow ?
US President Donald Trump unveiled a laundry list of his administration’s grievances about “Tariff King” New Delhi’s “trade barriers,” but few gripes were more tone deaf than ones against India’s agriculture and dairy sector, the life blood of rural India that employs nearly 50 per cent of the country’s workforce. In a 400-page report on foreign trade…
Melhoramentos invest in W-Cycle’s Compostable Packaging
Gan Shmuel, Israel – Sustainable food packaging pioneer W-Cycle, Ltd. is deepening its alliance with Melhoramentos to answer demand for plastic-free, compostable food containers through its breakthrough packaging formula. The publicly traded Brazilian company with activities spanning publishing, renewable forestry, and real estate has injected fresh investment into W-cycle, propelling its innovation journey into the…
The dairy industry’s supply and demand outlook
We are setting up for an interesting and potentially volatile dairy market in 2025. We have the normal supply and demand drivers to contend with plus the unknowns around government policy, animal disease, a record amount of new cheese processing capacity coming online and changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Order pricing formulas. It’s always…
India to make substantial tariff cuts for American products: Trump
India will soon make substantial cuts in tariffs for American products, US President Donald Trump said ahead of his April 2 reciprocal tariff announcement. “I heard just a while ago that India is going to be dropping its tariffs substantially. And I said why didn’t somebody do this a long time ago. A lot of countries will be dropping…
How milk is getting caught in the middle of Trump’s policy agenda
President Donald Trump’s moves in Washington are being felt in the milking barns of an upstate New York dairy farm. There, AJ Wormuth said he’s already seeing costs go up from Trump’s tariffs while the threat of a wider trade war is driving down the price he gets paid for his cows’ milk. “We’re getting a double…
Dairy producers leverage genetics to optimize milk composition for processing
Genetic improvements within the U.S. dairy herd are fueling historic gains in key milk components needed to produce cheese, butter and a variety of other popular dairy foods. While U.S. fluid milk production has remained relatively flat in recent years, butterfat and protein levels within the nation’s milk supply are growing at a record pace…
Liberalisation of agricultural policies: the case of New Zealand
The Analysis notes present in four pages the essential reflections on a current subject falling within the areas of intervention of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty. Depending on the numbers, they favor a prospective, strategic or evaluative approach. Liberalisation of agricultural policies: the case of New Zealand – Analysis n°210 New Zealand’s agricultural…
Translating research into practical gains- C4Milk Project
The C4Milk Project is a three-year collaboration involving Dairy Australia, Dairy Australia Murray, the Gardiner Foundation and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, which began in the second half of 2023. The project has research activities in inland south-east Queensland and northern Victoria, with a broad aim to improve farm profitability through increasing milk yield…
Why has the cost of a block of butter risen so much since last year?
HAVE YOU SEEN the price of butter lately? It’s been rising for a few years now, along with other household staples. Central Statistics Office (CSO) this month published figures showing that the average price of a pound of butter in Ireland had gone up by 70 cent since this time last year. But what are the factors…