Japan's 'Butter refugees' cry over spilt milk as butter shortage hit Christmas baking
Japanese shoppers are up in arms over a serious butter shortage that has forced Tokyo to resort to emergency imports, as some grocers limit sales to one block per customer.
Japan imports emergency supplies of butter and powdered milk
Japan has announced plans for emergency imports of 3,000 tonnes of butter and 10,000 tonnes of powdered milk, underlining its eroding food security.
EU prepares emergency funds for struggling dairy countries
Emergency European cash is being lined up for dairy farmers in four countries suffering from Russia’s ban on Western food imports.
Brazil begins dairy exports to Russia
Three so-far-unnamed Brazilian dairy companies have received the proper paperwork to start deliveries to Russia, a representative of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture said. The new imports will help fill a gaping hole left by EU suppliers.
Fonterra CEO: Dairy markets back on track by March 2015
A Russian ban on farm and dairy imports has sent dairy prices spiraling, but the CEO of the world’s largest dairy producer expects conditions to normalize by March.
USDA: Domestic dairy consumption rising
U.S. consumption of dairy products is expanding, with the fastest growth occurring in products with relatively high milk-fat content. ERS estimates commercial disappearance (a measure of consumption) of fluid milk and other dairy-containing products in two different ways: one based on the milk fat content of the various products (milk-equivalent milk-fat basis) and the other based […]
Dodds urges EU action to offset impact of Russian #dairy ban
DUP MEP Diane Dodds has urged the European Commission to investigate potential mechanisms that could alleviate the negative impact of the Russian import ban on dairy markets.
EU #Dairy Industry Joins Farm Producers Aided Due to Russian Ban
The European Union dairy industry became the latest recipient of emergency EU farm aid as the impact of a Russian import ban spreads.
Brussels to decide on #dairy support measures tomorrow
A spokesman for EU Farm Commissioner Dacian Cioloș has told Farming Life that a decision will be taken on whether or not to support the EU beef and dairy sectors, in the wake of Russia’s EU food import ban, at tomorrow’s Agriculture Management Committee Meeting in Brussels.
Russia allows import of certain agri products
Russia’s government has eased some self-imposed bans on Western food, allowing imports of material that could be used to boost its own agricultural industry and softening the costs on some firms in neighbour Finland.