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Milk production on the rise

Winter planting is nearly complete in Australia. Many areas in the West have received good rainfall, supporting the crops growth. It remains uncertain what will result in currently drier central regions. Dairy Producers with fewer than 300 cow herds (about one half of Australian Dairy Producers) are advocating to receive higher milk pay prices and are asking Fonterra for a more equitabl...

 
NZ Meat, Dairy Industry Prepare for US-China Trade War Fallout

A short-term boost to the New Zealand dairy sector is possible as the US-China trade war escalates, but the industry is predicting long term pain. The administration of US President Donald Trump fired the first shot on Friday, putting tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, provoking Beijing to do likewise. Rad...

 
Food embargo is extended until the end of 2019

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed a decree to extend the food embargo against countries that have imposed anti-Russian sanctions until December 31 2019. The decree «On extending certain special economic measures to ensure security of the Russian Federation» was published on the official portal of legal acts. In August 2014 Russia banned the import of products — in particular, cheese, meat and fruit — from the EU, the US and other countries. This was done in r...

 
Milk production remains strong in South America

Raw milk production remains strong and steadily improving in South America, thanks mainly to the favorable weather conditions. Farm gate nominal prices remain relatively high. However, in most cases, dairy farmer operating costs are relatively high due to the negative drought effects to grain crops during Q1....

 
Weaker dairy commodity markets

Australia has moved to cooler weather and frost throughout the country is limiting crop growth. Looking ahead, there are concerns about feed supplies not meeting demand. Milk production is at a low level in seasonal terms, but many milk producers are optimisticoverall as to the new milk production season, which started on July 1, 2018. Fonterra’s New Zealand milk collection for May 2018 was +6.6% compared with May 2018, thanks to a favorable autumn weather. Milk collection for the season ended 31 May 2018 down 1% on&...

 
Purchase price for milk will increase in July

Ukrainian milk market began to show signs of stabilization only in late June, which did not allow to significantly affect the overall picture, and the average monthly prices showed a decrease. This was reported by analyst of Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine (AMP) Yana Muzychenko. Thus, cost for kg of Extra Grade milk fell by 0.04 UAH to 8.8...

 
Milk price increases imperative, absolutely necessary

IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Tom Phelan today said that the improvement in all international dairy market indicators makes price increases imperative at this point. He stressed that they are also absolutely necessary as farmers' milk receipts are squeezed and production costs bumped up by drought. «An increase of 1c/l at...

 
Ukrainian farm labour could replace EU workers post-Brexit

Migrant labour from the Ukraine could plug the shortage of European Union workers needed on British farms post-Brexit, Defra Secretary Michael Gove has suggested. Speaking in front of MSPs at Holyrood, Mr Gove made the suggestion that the farming industry could «think about looking further afield» when recruiting labour. The farming industry employs a huge number of migrant workers from the European Union, and fears the loss of freedom of movement post-Brexit will bring a «catastrophic f...

 

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