TGD: Dairy prices likely to keep rising: #Rabobank
Global dairy commodity prices are continuing to trend up, due to weather extremes in the main milk producing countries, says Rabobank.
TGD: Hooray Henry? No, there's plenty still to do
Right off, Sir Henry van der Heyden and I put our lists on the table in the boardroom of Tainui Group Holdings in Hamilton. Mine comprised typed reminders to ask him – things like, «What were you thinking being a stock exchange director when your Fonterra farmers were beating their co-operative chests?», and, «Did you […]
TGD: #Milk Prices, Demand from Dairies Will be Key to 2013 Hay Market
Although alfalfa supplies will be tight in Western states, prices may soften, says hay market expert Seth Hoyt.
TGD: Van der Heyden bullish on #Fonterra milk prospects
Fonterra was formed just ten years ago by bringing together all co-ops in New Zealand with the NZ Dairy Board. They have 10,500 farmer shareholders who are now receiving the same price for their milk as farmers everywhere else in the world even though their production costs are only a fraction of production costs in […]
TGD: Comm Commission probes base milk price
The Commerce Commission is embarking on a new round of studies into Fonterra’s «base milk price», the price it pays to farmers.
TGD: #CWT Assists with 2.9 Million Pounds of Export Sales
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 18 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creameries, Dairy Farmers of America, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold), Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, United Dairymen of Arizona and Upstate Niagara/O-AT-KA to sell 2.344 million pounds (1,063 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese and 524,700 pounds (238 metric […]
TGD: Formulating dairy foods with omega-3s
Consumers are all for omega-3s, but many don’t consume the recommended daily amounts. Dairy products are an excellent delivery vehicle, but fortifying dairy foods with the fatty acids is challenging on many levels.
#Argentina: La Argentina sin leche
Diferentes factores han contribuido para que la producción decaiga de manera preocupante desde Octubre de 2012, sin embargo se espera una recuperación en la segunda mitad del año en la que muchos dudan si se podra recuperar lo perdido.
#Uruguay: Exportaciones lácteas serán afectadas por la devaluación en Venezuela
La competitividad de las exportaciones del sector lácteo será afectada por la devaluación en Venezuela.
#Argentina: El precio del queso en ascenso
A pesar de la crisis que cruzó todo 2012, la expectativa en esta cadena productiva está puesta en la recuperación de los productos lácteos, que en enero ya subió un 3%