Fierce fight in the milk fridge
A battle has broken out in Australia’s multi-million dollar milk industry over a protein said to help sufferers of eczema and digestive problems. Glenn Connley reports.
Canadian #dairy Saputo eyes M&A in U.S., Canada, Australia
Canada’s largest dairy producer, Saputo Inc (SAP.TO:Quote), still digesting a major purchase in Australia, is examining other possible acquisitions there, in the United States, Canada and Latin America, Chief Executive Officer Lino Saputo Jr. said on Thursday.
Russia #milk output hopes drop, bucking world trend
At last, an important dairy economy has emerged as showing disappointing milk production – not that this may do much to stem the tide in falling prices.
America's Got #Milk and China Wants It
Increased demand for dairy products around the world, particularly in China, is doing for U.S. farmers what decades of farm policy could not: sell off all the milk their cows can produce at record-high prices.
Applications Open for #Fonterra Farmers to Lock in Price
Following last week’s announcement of the 2014/15 forecast Farmgate Milk Price, applications are now open for Fonterra farmers to lock in a price for a percentage of their milk.
U.S. #dairy exports up 35% in January-April
U.S. dairy exports remained strong in April, coming in slightly below the record volume and value levels established in March, according to the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC). U.S. suppliers shipped 184,501 tons of milk powders, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose in April, up 8% from last year. Total value of all exports was $688.5 million, […]
Jack Ma-Founded Fund to Invest in Unit of #Milk Producer
A private-equity fund co-founded by the executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, Jack Ma, will invest in a unit of a Shanghai-listed milk producer.
#Leite: PAVLAT é liberada do Regime Especial de Fiscalização
A empresa Pavlat foi liberado do Regime Especial de Fiscalização – REF, ao qual estava submetida pelo Ministério da Agricultura no dia 08 de maio de 2014.
#Leite: China corta número de marcas de fórmulas infantis permitidas para menos de 100
Apenas 94 marcas estrangeiras de fórmulas infantis até agora receberam a aprovação para venda na China sob as novas regulamentações – menos que as supostamente 800 que tinham permissão anteriormente.
Em entressafra, preço do #leite se sustenta; setor espera queda em junho, diz Cepea
O preço bruto do leite pago ao produtor (inclui frete e impostos) teve alta de 1,92% em maio, passando para R$ 1,1046/litro na «média Brasil» (que pondera o volume captado nos estados de BA, GO, MG, PR, RS, SC e SP), segundo pesquisas do Cepea (Centro de Estudos Avançados em Economia Aplicada), da […]