Dairy eyes big rise in consumption
Survey shows growing awareness, wide range of products will offset low use
Consumer group Choice chooses no comment on drought levy milk increase
Australia’s leading consumer advocacy group Choice has defended its decision not to comment on the introduction of a drought levy on some low-cost milk, saying it did not have «unique perspective to offer» on the issue.
Organic milk is not just a choice for the consumer, but also for dairy farmers
Organic milk now has its place among the wide variety of milk available on the supermarket shelf.
China’s Growing Milk Consumption a Global Concern, Says Study
China, the world’s most populated country, has been making some efforts toward mitigating climate change. However, media publication Quartz says this isn’t enough and more needs to be done. China’s ever-growing population poses a huge environmental threat with its demand for dairy milk products. This claim is affirmed by a recent Global Change Biology study, of which Quartz notes.
New farming model for a new consumer
I’m a 30-year-old dairy farmer with a hugely supportive wife and a hilarious two-year-old son who all got a little bit shafted in the milk price depression 18 months ago. By: Bryce Cunningham
Walmart Moves Into The Dairy Business Even As Milk Consumption Drops
Walmart announced its intent to build a dairy processing plant to supply its own store-brand milks back in March 2016; as a result, Dean Foods stock dropped 12 percent. By: Phil Lempert
The Dairy Of The Future Is A Sustainable Closed Loop Powered By Cow Poop
By turning manure and wastewater into a power source, dairy farms could curb their climate-change causing emissions and keep harmful chemicals out of the surrounding environment. BY EILLIE ANZILOTTI
Russian dairy consumption ‘down 3%’, says milk producers’ union
The Russian dairy market is expected to contract by up to 3% this year – its first decline in recent times – according to Soyuzmoloko, the national association that represents the country’s milk producers.
Dairy production outstrips consumption new report finds
International dairy markets continue to suffer from low prices according to a Rabobank report on dairy markets, though the rate of decline in the price of dairy commodities has slowed compared to that seen in Q3 2014.
Everyone's eating butter again – if you can afford it
Butter is back. This past spring, U.S. per capita butter consumption was at its highest levels in around 40 years. «There has been a complete resurgence of butter since at least 2008, and it really has everything to do with ‘real food,’ » Melissa Abbott, culinary insights director at the Hartman Group, a consumer market […]