India and NZ: A Dairy Deal that Could Be a Game-Changer?
The Free Trade Agreement between India and New Zealand reignites the dairy debate: will it open markets for NZ or threaten Indian producers? India and New Zealand are negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that could redefine global dairy trade—but at what cost? This week, from 1 to 7 September 2025, the third round of…
NZ’s School Milk Programme enables Export of Nutritional Dairy Products
A new Indonesian school milk programme is expected to significantly increase the country’s total dairy consumption, creating opportunities for New Zealand and other global dairy players, according to a new report by food and agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank. Rabobank said the recently elected Indonesian government has introduced a range of policy measures with the potential…
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…
New Zealand Explores Collaboration with Punjab’s Dairy Sector
A high-profile delegation from New Zealand, comprising Professor Garry Udy from MPI, Prof Nicolas Lopez from Massey University, and Dr David Hayman from TRG/ABS, along with Dr RO Gupta from NDDB, on Tuesday, met with Principal Secretary of Punjab Animal Husbandry department Mr Rahul Bhandari to discuss mutual collaboration in the animal husbandry sector, with…
The NZ dairy expert, the remote rural Indian village, and a trade lesson
On the border of Delhi and Haryana in northern India, in the village of Janti Khurd, bluntly translated as ‘small community’, you are more likely to encounter a traffic jam of ox than the vehicle pileups you see on the way there from nearby New Delhi. It’s here that in 2010 IT expert Deepak Raj…
Analysts look for omens as GDT plummets
July, August falls widely expected to follow steep drop of July 2. Global Dairy Trade prices are widely expected to fall during July and August following the 6.9% drop in the GDT price index in the July 2 auction, dairy industry analysts say. A further 5% fall in whole milk powder prices, which is likely to…
The level of A2 protein in New Zealand milk has been increasing rapidly
In recent years, the level of A2 beta-casein in New Zealand milk has been increasing rapidly and the level of A1 beta-casein has been correspondingly decreasing. Unpublished data from New Zealand’s leading herd-improvement cooperative, LIC, which was supplied to me on request, indicate that once the 2023-born dairy calves join the milking herd in 2025,…
We have to expect the unexpected: economist
New Zealand is not immune to geopolitical shocks and the dairy industry needs to establish how it will manage unpredictable disruptions in future, says economist Shamubeel Eaqub. Speaking at the DairyNZ People Expo in Invercargill, Eaqub said an example of an unpredictable shock was the sharp increase in shipping costs during the pandemic. “No one…
Feeding the world: A dairy perspective
Dairy farming in the Netherlands has become a topic of intense debate, with opinions sharply divided. Interestingly, the timing of GDF’s annual congress in New Zealand this March couldn’t be more fitting. Both countries stand as major dairy exporters, boasting robust dairy industries and leveraging favourable climatic conditions for milk production. As a dairy farmer in the…
WORLD DAIRY NEWS NZ dairy industry says agricultural subsidies distorting trade
As the world’s trade ministers head to a World Trade Organisation meeting in Abu Dhabi, the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) is calling for an immediate capping of agricultural subsidies and urgency in reducing them to prevent and correct production and trade distortion. DCANZ executive director Kimberly Crewther said New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay must make sure this message was loud and…