Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: Mark Astley

UK processor and farmer representatives have settled on a code of best practice relating to milk supply contracts – the latest effort by the British dairy industry to rebuild relations tainted by this summer’s milk price protests.

Published: Sep 07, 2012 By: John Geuss

In part two of his August US dairy commodities breakdown, MilkPrice blogger John Geuss gives DairyReporter.com the latest on cheese demand and a look ahead to September and beyond.

Published: Sep 06, 2012 By: Mark Astley

US yogurt giant Chobani has set its sights on UK Greek yogurt category domination and is aiming to mirror its impressive US yogurt market achievements.

Published: Sep 06, 2012

Arla Foods UK has announced that it is “well on track” to deliver its 2015 500m litre milk supply increase target.

Published: Sep 06, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Arla Foods UK has increased the standard price it pays to dairy farmers for milk and adopted a new, more transparent milk pricing and sourcing model in an effort to “build confidence in the British dairy industry.”

Published: Sep 06, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

A US brand credited with starting a Greek yogurt craze in the US has arrived in the UK, bringing the promise of up to 300 jobs.

Published: Sep 05, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Milk processors and dairy farmers will need to make far greater use of price hedging tools if they are to survive in today’s increasingly volatile world, claims a leading dairy risk management analyst.

Published: Sep 05, 2012 By: Mark Astley

A2 Corporation (A2C) - the manufacturer of a2 Milk - has reported “very encouraging” financial results for the last 12 months, citing the brand’s growing credibility with Australian consumers.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

Alaska Milk, a leading dairy company in the Philippines, has filed a petition seeking voluntary delisting from the Philippine Stock Exchange.

Published: Sep 04, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Danish milk processor Arla’s merger agreements with Milk Link in the UK and German processor MUH will increase the firm’s annual revenue by £1.2bn.

Published: Sep 04, 2012

Dairy is a burgeoning business in emerging India where milk and milk products are slowly shifting hands from the monopoly of the cooperative movement a couple of decades ago to private ethnic and multinational companies building the market with an array o

Published: Sep 04, 2012

The Iowa state in the US has made it mandatory for state's dairy processors to test all milk received in the state for aflatoxin, a carcinogenic compound which is produced by fungus that grows on grain and peanuts.

Published: Sep 04, 2012 By: Mark Astley

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been urged to update its nutritional guidelines to differentiate Greek from other traditional types of yogurt and reclassify it as a high protein product.

Published: Sep 04, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Dairy giant Arla Foods has reported a net profits decrease for the first six months of the year, as the continuing impact of the European dairy price war cancelled out revenue growth in the firm’s core and growth markets.

Published: Sep 01, 2012 By: Mark Astley

The Fonterra-dominated New Zealand dairy industry will experience a growth slowdown over the next decade as growth-driving factors evolve, agribusiness Rabobank has forecast.

Published: Sep 01, 2012

French dairy giant Bongrain has reported a profits increase for the first six months of 2012.

Published: Sep 01, 2012

The world’s biggest food company has extended its Product Technology Centre (PTC) in Konolfingen, Switzerland as it seeks to speed new product development in infant nutrition, medical nutrition and dairy.

Published: Aug 31, 2012 By: Mark Astley

US dairy Dean Foods has announced a fresh round of lay-offs at its Evart, Michigan-based Liberty Dairy plant – the latest signal of its intentions to call time on production at the facility.

Published: Aug 30, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Robert Wiseman Dairies has launched an initiative with dairy farmers to increase the transparency of how it determines its farm gate milk prices (FGMP).

Published: Aug 30, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Irish dairy giant Glanbia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Glanbia Co-operative Society Limited to enter into a joint venture in respect of its Dairy Ingredients Ireland (DII) business.