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Farmers have a host of «new opportunities» in a bid to help the global effort in reversing climate change, the NFU has said. It comes as the union highlights how the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate change is the «final alarm call» from scientists for the world to change i...

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...

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...

According to official statistics for three quarters of 2018, Ukraine have produced 7.9 million tons of raw milk, which is 2% less than the same period last year. The decline traditionally occurs due to reduction in milk production by rural households which produced almost 3% less milk than last year. During 8 months of this year agricultura...

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...

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 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,...

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 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...

Milk production in Australia this season, started July 1, is expected lower than last season. Recent meteorological forecasts note an increased chance of an El Nino in the coming months, leading to below average rain across Australia. Milk production in New Zealand, in August 2018, was +4.7% compared to August 2017. The increase of the first quarter of the 2018−19 season is +5.5%, compared to Jun...