Danone offloads US organic dairy assets
French dairy giant Danone has sold its US-based Horizon Organic and Wallaby units to local investment business Platinum Equity for an undisclosed fee. The Alpro and Activia brands owner said the disposal is part of its Renew Danone turnaround strategy, announced in March 2022. The strategy includes the disposal of what CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique described at the…
GLOBAL DAIRY TRADE INDEX UP TO START NEW YEAR
The Global Dairy Trade index rose 1.2% in the first trading session of the new year Tuesday. It’s the third straight trading event with a rise in the index. The average price was $3,363 dollars per metric ton. Whole milk powder values rose 2.5% to $3,290 per metric ton or $1.49 per pound. Butter was…
All NZ dairy products now able to enter China duty-free
All New Zealand dairy products are now able to enter China duty-free, as safeguard duties on milk powder ended yesterday, marking the removal of all remaining tariffs agreed upon in the free trade deal between the two countries. New Zealand was the first developed country to sign a free trade agreement with China in 2008, with the imports of…
Israel helping milk producers suffering due to Gaza warWorld
The Israel government approved on Sunday the proposal of Minister of Agriculture Avi Dichter to give priority to milk producers in the localities surrounding Gaza in view of the war in Gaza. The dairy farms in that area were either located in places overrun during the October 7 massacre or that were evacuated due to…
Halloumi and other dairy products
Halloumi, for which Cyprus is justly famed for centuries, was produced by families and consumed as an essential part of their daily diet. It has now become a runaway success with international cheese buyers. White, semi-hard Halloumi is made from sheep’s or goat’s milk or a mixture thereof, with or without cow’s milk. Originally, it…
Infant and young child feeding- Fact Sheet by WHO
Key facts Every infant and child has the right to good nutrition according to the “Convention on the Rights of the Child”. Undernutrition is associated with 45% of child deaths. Globally in 2022, 149 million children under 5 were estimated to be stunted (too short for age), 45 million were estimated to be wasted (too…
Afghanistan: ‘I have to sedate my hungry baby due to aid cuts’
“The last time I was able to buy milk for my baby was two months ago. Normally I just fill the [feeding] bottle with tea. Or I soak bread in tea and then feed it to her,” Sohaila Niyazi says, sitting on the floor of her mud brick home up a hill in eastern Kabul….
Nestlé and Fonterra incentivize New Zealand’s dairy farmers
21 Dec 2023 — Nestlé and Fonterra have penned a new agreement that will see dairy farmers paid more to enhance on-farm sustainability when they achieve one of the three levels of Fonterra’s “The Co-operative Difference” framework during the 2023/24 season. The move is poised to propel Fonterra’s ambition of being “net zero” by 2050,…
Feeding the world is more important than tackling climate change
As the world’s food industries took center stage at COP28 in Dubai, focus on the dairy industry’s contribution to the process of greenhouse gas reduction is getting the reasoned consideration it deserves. As dairy farmers, we also know that our product is used to create a wide array of nutritionally dense foods, beverages, and ingredients…
Positive GDT result an early Christmas present for farmers
Farmers will be feeling a little more festive this morning, as the latest Global Dairy Trade auction, held overnight, rose 2.3 per cent across the board. It’s the second consecutive positive result, with the index gaining 1.6 per cent on December 6, after a flat November 22 auction. On the up was whole milk powder, which climbed 2.9 per…