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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...

In the first half of 2018 the Republic of Belarus sharply reduced the export of dairy products to the Russian Federation. This follows from the report of the National Statistic Committee of Belarus (Belstat). The main reason for the decline in exports was the decline in the supply of condensed milk and milk powder to Russia. At the same time, as it became known, the suppl...

Profitability of dairy business in the UkrLandFarming agricultural holding reaches 20%. This was told by Galina Kovtok, the operations director of the agricultural holding, in an interview with Latifundist.com. «The figures differ from farm to farm. Prof...

World milk output in 2018 is forecast to increase, with expected higher yields and stable-to-rising dairy herd numbers, supported by favourable weather and improved producer margins. This is according to the July Food Outlook, published by FAO. The FAO also forecasts that global trade in milk products is foreseen to rise this year, underpinned by ...

Milk production has been variable in South America, mainly driven by mixed climate conditions, but still suitable to meet most manufacturing needs. Market conditions in Argentina are reported as steadily improving, and new export opportunities are emerging. For instance, Argentina exported milk caramel (dulce de leche) to Japa...

Australia is at the beginning of the seasonal dairy manufacturing and trading activity. The 2017−18 season ended with a production +3.1% higher than the previous year. In New Zealand the market is quiet, both for the 3-week break in GDT event schedule (from July 17 to August 7) and for the low seasonal milk production. WMP market is almos...

The humble oat doesn’t exactly ooze Instagrammable cool. Yet it is fast becoming the star in trendy coffee shops, favoured by baristas as their faux milk of choice thanks to its «mouthfeel», taste and ability to foam and be swirled into «latté art». Demand for alternatives to dairy has accelerated over the past...

The FAO Food Price Index(FFPI) averaged 168.8 points in July 2018, down as much as 6.5 points (3.7 percent) from June and 10.3 points (3.7 percent) from the corresponding period last year. The July fall marked the first significant month-on-month decline in the value of the FFPI since December 2017, reflecting notable drops in the values of all sub-indices. The FAO Dairy Price Index averaged 199.1 points in July, down 14.1 points (6.6 percent) from June. At this level, the index stood at 10.7 percent above January 2018 but still 8 percent below...

Milk prices — and therefore farm returns — have improved sharply over the past year but higher feed costs pose a risk, according to new analysis. The Dairy Costings Focus from Kingshay, an independent dairy specialist, reveals that average margins over purchased feed increased from 16.83p/litre last year to 21.21p/litre in the year to March 20...

Since high productive cows depend highly on the rumen efficiency, every challenge, such as heat stress, has to be compensated by (nutritional) management. One of the nutritional solutions can be found in an effective rumen buffer supplement. Different factors can bring a healthy rumen into a stressful condition. However, a too low drop in rumen pH which causes rumen acidosis, has the biggest impact. Rumen acidosis...