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The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction took place on Tuesday, rising 0.6%.  The GDT Price Index rose by 0.6% on Tuesday. Skimmed Milk Powder rose by 7.9%, while Whole Milk Powder fell by 2.9%. Cheddar saw the largest increase, up 14.5%. Meanwhile, the butter index rose 3.3%,...

Every 1% of annual milk production increase in the US represents 1m tonnes of milk. US milk production was 2% higher than April 2016, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The increase can be attributed to a surge in cow numbers, with dairy cows up by 69,000 from l...

Mission of the competent authority of the People's Republic of China has completed its work on the evaluation of the national state control system on food safety in the part of beef production in Ukraine. Preliminary results have been discussed today, on the 27th of April, 2017 during the meeting of the representatives from Chinese delegation with the Head of the State Service of&nb...

Considering the unfavorable epizootic situation regarding Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in neighboring countries and the insects occurrence because of warm season, the risk of LSD in Ukraine has risen sharply. To increase awareness of the cattle owners about this disease and to prevent its spread State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection initiated the development of an information fly...

Purchase milk prices head on to a stabilisation. But the average values still decrease/ Analytical department of Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine announced this information. According to the last monitoring from May 18, the average price for Extra grade milk lost 0.10 UAH/kg t...

The Association of milk producers (AMP) has submitted an application to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on unjustified reduction of purchasing prices for raw milk and the possible collusion of processing plants. This is reported by the press service of the AMP. In March AMP called for dialogue between the representatives of the processing plants of dairy products, which since late January have been re...

In the State budget for 2017 the funding for the State service of Ukraine on food safety and consumer protection is provided in the amount of 1.7 billion UAH which is 70% more than last year. But most of these funds are spent on salaries, while the financing of anti-epizootic measures remains critical. This was stated by the Chairman of the State service of Ukraine on food safety and consumer protection Vladimir Lapa in an interview with UNIAN. "The lion's share of provided funds is aime...

IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said the cattle trade continues to strengthen with strong demand for cattle from the factories, live exporters and also at the marts. He said, at the factories the base price for steers is moving towards €4.10/kg and some factories are paying €4.20/kg for heifers for next week. He said in general this week €4.05/4.10...

China confirms the trend of imports of high-value-added products. On the other hand, imports of semi-finished products (such as milk and powders) decrease. Overall, in March 2017, there was an increase in unit prices on a trend basis (as compared to March 2016). Exports from Europe grows, specially in baby milk&rsquo...

While avoiding court action, Fonterra will be forced to pay Australian farmers $64m for reducing milk price last year. Even though Fonterra has escaped court action by the competition authorities over last year’s milk price cut, it will still be forced to repay farmers this money under its milk supply contract w...