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The higher milk production weighs on farmgate prices

Farm milk production is robust in South America. Weather experts stated that, compared to a few years ago, the effects of el Niño are expected to be much less aggressive for the rest of the spring and summer seasons. In this way, milk production is anticipated to continue growing along with the typical seasonal patterns. Due to a higher milk supply across the continent, farm gate prices decreased, resulting in lower milk-feed ratios for several dairy farm operations. Furthermore, many dairy farmers are...

 
GDT index falls for the fifth consecutive time

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Price Index has dropped for the fifth consecutive time, falling by 0.3% at the latest GDT auction — event 222. Lasting for almost two hours and 20 minutes, there was a total of 137 winning bidders across 15 bidding rounds in the latest auction. In the previous auction at the beginni...

 
Do Cows Need Beauty Rest Too?

Sleep may very well be important for cow health, early US research suggests. According to an article from the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, early lactating cows might require more sleep than dry animals, although much more work is needed to&n...

 
Fonterra revised its 2018/19 forecast Farmgate Milk Price

Lingering drought in Australia limits milk production, which was -3.6% in August 2018 y-o-y. Milkfat and protein content are also lower. Milk Producers, faced with higher prices for feed and less water availability, are reducing the herd sizes by 25% (the typical annual culling involved about 20% of herd sizes). New Zealan...

 
Climate change: Agriculture Bill must encourage sustainability, groups say

The Government has been urged to use the Agriculture Bill to drive a transition towards sustainable farming practices following a stern warning by world scientists on the health of the planet. A new UN report urges Governments worldwide to increase their action on the climate crisis within the next twelve years, or face devastating conseq...

 
Global milk demand expected to increase until 2025

Global growth in milk demand of 25% or 20mT/year until 2025 is expected, according to a new report The report, which was compiled by IFCN (International Farm Comparison Network), found that the growth in the global population will see demand for dairy products continue. Torsren Hemme,...

 
UkrLandFarming creates livestock cluster in Zhytomyr region

The UkrLandFarming Group of companies plans to establish a livestock cluster specializing in breeding meat cows in Zhytomyr region. This is informed by Volodymyr Levkivsky, the Head of Polissya cluster of UkrLandFarming. «We plan to increase the number of beef herd by at least 1.5−2 thou. heads by purchasing young stock for fattening,» he said. Now the total numb...

 
The current state of Ukrainian market of butter

The prices of external demand for butter in the second half of September continued to decline. The main reason is the influence of the external market, a strong decline in prices in Europe and New Zealand. Deliveries of butter from Belarus no longer affect the Ukrainian market, as the Belarusian butter is now almost completely sold to the Russian Federation. The demand prices...

 

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