Australian milk production increasing

While no upturn in the global dairy industry is being forecast until late this year, there are some positives in the outlook for the Australian dairy industry.
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Source: The Standard
Link: http://www.standard.net.au/story/5146921/national-milk-production-set-to-rise-in-2017-2018/

Fonterra lowers NZ milk collection forecast

Fonterra Cooperative Group expects to collect 3 per cent less milk from its New Zealand suppliers this season as dry weather hurts grass growth and lowers milk production.
By: Tina Morrison
Source: Bush Telegraph
Link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11968889

French food safety inspectors 'missed salmonella at baby milk plant'

French food safety inspectors failed to detect salmonella contamination at a plant belonging to dairy giant Lactalis, three months before the company carried out a major recall of baby milk, a report said Wednesday.
By: AFP
Source: The Local Europe
Link: https://www.thelocal.fr/20180103/french-food-safety-inspectors-missed-salmonella-at-baby-milk-plant

Global milk surplus set to contain prices: Rabobank

There is not likely to be much good news for dairy farmers until late 2018 with the “rising tide of milk” across the world denting optimism, according to Rabobank’s latest Dairy Quarterly report.
By: Everard Himmelreich
Source: The Standard
Link: http://www.standard.net.au/story/5146846/global-milk-surplus-set-to-contain-prices/

City couple opts for cheese change

THE romance began over a wheel of cheese and from there it has leapt to a dairy goat farm with an on-farm cheesery.
By: ROGER HANSON
Source: Mercury
Link: http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/city-couple-opts-for-cheese-change/news-story/8774f60a8549e1ad039ee07b98299994

Valio to pay bonus for responsible dairy production

From the start of this year, Finnish dairy Valio has promised to pay one cent extra per liter to entrepreneurs who have proven themselves committed to responsible dairy production.
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Source: Food Ingredients First
Link: http://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/valio-pay-bonus-for-responsible-dairy-production.html