Chinese localities supporting dairy farmers amid tough market conditions
Chinese animal husbandry associations and dairy industry associations have stepped up efforts to support dairy farmers and resolve the difficulties facing the industry, according to the Dairy Association of China (DAC). In the latest move, officials from husbandry associations and dairy industry associations in East China’s Shandong Province and North China’s Shanxi Province have had…
Supporting the Pakistan Dairy Industry
Historically, Pakistan has been a major player in the global dairy market. Its important role is reflected in the sector growth of 3.26 per cent in 2020-21, accounting for about 61.89pc of agriculture value additions and 14.06pc of the country’s GDP. As such, it is an important source of foreign exchange earnings, as well as…
World food prices hit record high in 2022 despite December fall
World food prices eased in December marking the ninth consecutive monthly fall, but gained more than 14 per cent in 2022 compared to the previous year, to reach the highest since records began, the UN food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks international prices of the…
AMPE and MCVE updated to reflect further cost inflation
Processing costs for dairy products were subject to further inflationary pressures in the third quarter of 2022, reducing the value of our market indicators AMPE and MCVE. These changes will be implemented in the January update (due out 27 Jan). In Q3 2022, electricity costs saw the largest quarterly increase, rising by 28% on average from the…
Prices fall at global dairy auction
Dairy prices have started the year on a sour note, with prices falling at the global dairy auction overnight The average price dipped 2.8 percent to US$3365 a tonne, this follows a 3.8 percent fall at the previous auction late last year. The price of wholemilk powder, which is the ingredient Fonterra sells the most…
Emissions fight critical for dairy
The global dairy industry is working to reduce the overall increase in greenhouse-gas emissions. But to reach the Global Dairy Platform’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 the industry needs to reduce annual emissions or find ways to compensate for unavoidable emissions. There will be no one solution to reaching that goal. To reduce emissions…
Saudi dairy companies hike prices up to 33%
Most dairy companies in Saudi Arabia have raised prices of their products, reaching up to 33 percent, effective from Sunday, Jan. 1. In a statement on its official Twitter account, Saudi dairy giant Almarai Company attributed the hike to three main reasons. They are increased shipping costs, higher cost of production ingredients, and increased fodder…
What does it take to be seen to be working toward a healthier world?
Agriculture is becoming the target of fringe activist groups. No, let me re-state that. Agriculture is already the target of these groups. The reasons are many and varied but they’re almost always linked to the same basic problem — knee-jerk responses to complex issues — like the feeling that Canada’s high-tech, high-science agriculture has got…
What does it take to be seen to be working toward a healthier world?
Agriculture is becoming the target of fringe activist groups. No, let me re-state that. Agriculture is already the target of these groups. The reasons are many and varied but they’re almost always linked to the same basic problem — knee-jerk responses to complex issues — like the feeling that Canada’s high-tech, high-science agriculture has got…
Wageningen University: A Sustainable Perspective For Dairy Goat Farms
Dairy goat farming is a young and relatively small sector that is striving to produce dairy products in a sustainable and responsible manner. Wageningen University & Research was commissioned by Platform Melkgeitenhouderij, an organization of Dutch dairy goat farmers and the dairy goat industry, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Quality to investigate…