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President Donald Trump on Monday effectively broadsided one of the world's largest trade relationships, announcing plans to proceed with tariffs on another $200 billion in US imports of Chinese goods. Taken with the $50 billion in tariffs already in place, this means roughly half of everything Americans buy from China — their largest source for imports — is now subje...

After recent very hot and dry conditions, rains arrived in Australia, not so pervasive as to significantly interfere with hay cutting. Spring has arrived. New Zealand dairy producers and processors continue to feel that there will be a decent increase in milk production this season. Underwhelming price resultsfor some products at recent G...

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman declared that the Ukrainian citizens should be allowed to sell farmland to one another in a fixed amount. At the same time, the Head of the Government opposes to selling farmland to big agribusiness. «I am strongly against the opening of the farmland market for everyone and for all parties. This is my position as a citizen of Ukraine. This is a&nb...

At the end of summer, after a long period of extremely low demand, Ukrainian producers of condensed milk were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. Although the domestic retail chains have not yet increased their orders, many importers have decided to replenish their canned food by activating purchases. It is too early to speak about price growth, but devaluation of hryvnia was for the benefit of the condensed milk producers as most of them are exporters. The con...

Dairy cows in South America are steadily producing abundant milk volumes with adequate protein and fat levels. Regional milk and cream volumes are more than enough to meet most processing needs. In particular, cheese manufacturing and butter churning are more active. Rain showers benefited immature wheat in the main production areas of southern Brazil. On the other hand, the icy weather slowed down the growth of winter grain in Argentina....

As autumn begins, hopes of Ukrainian cheese producers for improving their business have somewhat strengthened. They have already got more orders from distributors and networks for sales in the domestic market. The troubles with supply of cheese products have also been more or less settled. In such conditions, producers are cancelling mass cheese sales actions and in September some of them will try to sligntly raise prices. Even the export prices for cheese products r...

Australian milk production for July 2018 was -4.2% on the same time last year. Recent extremely dry conditions have affected some dairy areas. In other areas not affected by dryness, hay is difficult to source and is increasingly expensive. The previous...

Reduction of milk supply for processors due to seasonality and dry weather has affected the growth of milk purchase prices. In addition, severization of requirements for the quality parameters of milk for processing affects the gap increase between the price for Extra Grade milk and other grades. This was...

China has agreed to accept imports of British dairy products made with milk from third countries in a deal that is estimated to generate 240 million pounds ($310 million) for the UK economy over 5 years. And China's developing taste for potatoes will soon be fueled by British produce, after an agreement was signed that allows the UK to export seed potatoes to China fo...

Tuesday's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event concluded with the price index down 3.6%. Just over 32,000 t of dairy commodities were sold at the GDT auction on Tuesday to 126 winning bidders. However, the price index fell 3.6% on the last auction, bringing the av...