Published: Apr 15, 2013

Irish Dairy Board (IDB) sales were up 2.4% in 2012 compared with 2011, although this was attributed to favourable currency movement offsetting weakness in pricing. EBITDA, however, was up 10.8%.

Published: Apr 12, 2013

Switzerland-based dairy processor Emmi has agreed to acquire Käserei Studer, a cheese producer based in Amriswil, eastern Switzerland, for an undisclosed amount.

Published: Apr 11, 2013

A wide range of dairy foods should be available for sale through vending machines, a la carte lines and school stores, IDFA told the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in comments filed yesterday.

Published: Apr 09, 2013 By: Sophie Langley

Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. will invest $19.1 million in its facilities at Leongatha in Victoria, to lift the site’s Ultra High Temperature (UHT) milk manufacturing output by approximately 70 million litres a year.

Published: Apr 03, 2013 By: News Editor

A UK brand that claims to have produced the world’s first pure milk vodka says that sales are growing, with Black Cow vodka now on sale in numerous retail outlets across the UK, including premium department stores.

Published: Apr 03, 2013 By: News Editor

WOOLWORTHS' trial to deal directly with a farmers group to secure milk supplies has upset the dairy industry, who want an end to $1 a litre.

Published: Apr 03, 2013 By: News Editor

Infant formula giant Yashili International Holdings revealed Tuesday it has received approval to become the latest Chinese player to invest in the New Zealand dairy industry.

Published: Apr 03, 2013 By: Mark Astley

The civil investigation into Parmalat’s May 2012 $904m intra-group acquisition of Lactalis American Group (LAG) has appointed a special commissioner to oversee an audit calculating a final price for the disputed deal.

Published: Apr 02, 2013 By: News Editor

Swiss food group Nestle will invest 500 million yuan ($81million) to triple its ice-cream production in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, in the next five years.

Published: Apr 02, 2013 By: News Editor

A business plan announced a year ago for selling raw milk at retail outlets in Las Vegas and other locations around Nevada will fail unless it can surmount a critical legislative barrier on or before April 12. ?

Published: Apr 02, 2013 By: News Editor

Ottens Flavors appointed Negin Sharafbafi as senior food technologist on the company’s innovation team. She will report to David Thomson, technical director for Ottens.

Published: Apr 02, 2013 By: News Editor

Higher selling prices and improved sales of eggs contributed to a 17% increase in income at Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. during the third quarter.

Published: Apr 01, 2013 By: News Editor

Swiss infant formula manufacturer, Hero, has moved to dispel concerns about the safety of its Nutradefense brand infant formula in China after authorities in Shanghai ordered retailers to pull it from shelves.

Published: Apr 01, 2013 By: News Editor

Chinese dairy company Mengniu has reported revenues down 3.5% and net profit down from 4.3% to 3.5% of revenues. China’s economy grew 7.8% during the year, but slowed by 1.4 percentage points compared with the prior year.

Published: Apr 01, 2013 By: News Editor

In main examination proceedings the Bundeskartellamt has cleared plans by DMK Eis Gmbh to acquire the Roseneis group.

Published: Mar 29, 2013

Cheese has turned out to be the highly preferred dairy product among Italians, finds a new survey by a research firm Canadean - Food.

Published: Mar 28, 2013

The federal government is seeking comments regarding the existing product specifications used in the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, which has been administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service since April 2012.

Published: Mar 27, 2013

While milk consumption continued its freefall, yogurt introductions would appear to be picking up the slack.

Published: Mar 21, 2013

Western Australian dairy farmers supplying beverage manufacturer Harvey Fresh will get a higher farm gate price for fresh milk supplied to supermarket giant Coles.

Published: Mar 18, 2013

Jackson Family Wines (JFW) has purchased three Oregon vineyard properties with nearly 400 acres near West Salem and Monmouth for an undisclosed amount.