WORLD DAIRY NEWS Are Low-Fat Dairy Products Really Healthier?
Scan the dairy case of any grocery store, and you’ll find rows upon rows of products with varying levels of fat. Nonfat, low-fat, whole: What’s the healthiest option? If you consult the U.S. dietary guidelines or health authorities like the American Heart Association or the World Health Organization, the answer is clear: Choose a fat-free or low-fat version. This recommendation…
Congress passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023
The Agriculture Department again lowered its milk production forecasts for 2023 and 2024 in the latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report. The 2023 forecast was reduced from last month due to slower expected growth in milk per cow. Production in 2024 was lowered due to lower milk cow numbers and reduced milk per…
Global milk production contracting, analyst says
Global dairy demand is holding up, but milk production is starting to contract, a dairy analyst says. Weather conditions are influencing production in Australia and the European Union, and production growth in Oceania and Europe is challenged by new environmental regulations. “We’re starting to see some headwinds to long-term growth,” Dustin Winston, dairy analyst with…
Senara Emerges as Europe’s First Cultured Dairy Startup
German startup Senara has emerged from stealth as the first European company making cell-cultured dairy. With a couple of awards already under its belt, the producer hopes to collaborate with farmers for a more sustainable dairy industry and believes cultivated milk could be a standard supermarket option by 2028. Based in Freiburg, Senara is the…
Sports nutrition ingredients market to double
In good and times and bad, it is difficult to match the excitement of sports. Going hand-in-hand are sports nutrition products, which are difficult to top in the dairy industry regarding future growth. According to Global Market Insights, the sports nutrition ingredients market will hit a “grand slam” from 2023 to 2032. The market size…
Scientists Discover Dairy Cows That Produce Less Methane
Scientists have discovered that some dairy cows produce significantly less methane than others. While farming is vital for providing food and dairy to the world, it contributes a fair amount of greenhouse gas emissions, which leaders are looking to reduce as climate change worsens. Agricultural activities accounted for 10.6 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas…
WORLD DAIRY NEWS FrieslandCampina would cut 1,800 jobs worldwide
Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina on Tuesday said it would cut 1,800 jobs worldwide in the next two years in a drive to reduce costs and improve profitability. FrieslandCampina said the job cuts would result in up to 200 million euros ($215 million) in savings, as part of a program to lower annual costs by 400 million to…
Declining Milk Consumption.Celebrity Ads Won’t Change That.
Last month, a new PSA-style ad dropped featuring Queen Latifah speaking out on the very serious subject of…people judging other people for drinking cow’s milk. If it sounds like an SNL sketch, that might be because two of the creatives who worked on the campaign are actual alumni of the comedy show. It’s not the first time…
Camel milk set to provide sustenance for Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation
Saudi Arabia is currently one of the biggest producers of camel milk and a host of new ventures are making the business a lucrative one in the transformation of the country’s economy. The Kingdom has an annual output of approximately 0.271 million tons of the product, and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has set up…
Viewing labour as an asset not a cost
Farming in Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny, Brendan and Fiona Joyce milk a herd of 150 high EBI cows under a spring-calving system. Their farm is very much grass focused; the herd produced 560kg of milk solids per cow last year, while concentrate input is targeted at 750kg/cow. As part of the recent Teagasc National Dairy Conference,…