World Bank Team to Discuss 2nd Phase of National Dairy Plan Soon
The second phase of the project, according to Shah, will focus on improving milk testing mechanisms, digitising milk tankers to control adulteration in transit, and manure management, as well as providing assistance to smaller milk unions to strengthen marketing.
India-U.K. Free-Trade Pact Talks Focus On Dairy, Liquor, Visas
India-U.K. trade pact discussions are centered around the entry of dairy products, tariff on liquor and easier visa access, according to two government officials.
Banks raise milk price forecasts after auction
Strong milk payouts are on the cards for next season after two banks revised their milk price forecasts following yesterday’s Global Dairy Trade auction.
The banks don’t like uncertainty – and farmers know this
Surely it had crossed the minds of Glanbia executives that the banks don’t like uncertainty.
Dairy Farmers of America sets up fund to support food banks
The co-op is also delivering dairy products to families in need during the Covid-19 crisis.
Help make cheese with surplus milk for Food Banks
Lively Run Dairy is making cheese from the surplus milk that would otherwise be dumped and donating it to local food banks.
Banks partially responsible for dairy debt — Minister
A new report by the Ministry for Primary Industries reveals that more than a quarter of NZ’s dairy farmers have debt to equity ratios of more than 70%. Some have as little as 4% equity in their properties.
The Taranaki farmers who took on a $81bn bank – and won
Newsroom’s Nikki Mandow tells the extraordinary story of the Taranaki dairy farmers who unwittingly got caught in the world of high finance, got shafted by the ANZ Bank following the global financial crisis, refused to take a Commerce Commission-brokered settlement because it was worth only a tiny fraction of what they had lost, took the country’s biggest bank to court – and against the odds, won.
