Nepal’s dairy sector flags severe milk shortage
Nepali dairy industries have requested the government to lift the restriction on imports of skimmed milk powder or full cream milk powder to avert possible shortages in the domestic market. Prahlad D...Read More
GDT bounce, but gains seen fragile on weak fundamentals
Global dairy prices rebounded in Wednesday’s auction, but a sustained recovery in rates that have tumbled by a third over the past year is not on the cards due to abundant supply and reduced buying by...Read More
Dairy prices rose, volumes fell at auction – GDT Surprises
International milk prices rose while volumes fell at this month’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on Tuesday. The GDT Price Index was up 3.2%, with an average selling price of $3,362 per tonne. The...Read More
How milk tamed the Third Pole-3,500-year history of dairy
It’s not called the Third Pole for nothing. The Tibetan Plateau forms the major portion of a vast upland area of ice and glaciers that covers some 100,000 square kilometres of Earth’s surface. It is...Read More
Over 18000 cows die in Texas dairy farm blaze – Reuters
More than 18,000 cows died after an explosion and fire at a family dairy farm in west Texas, marking the deadliest such barn blaze on record in the United States. Firefighters rescued one employee fr...Read More
Will China continue the downtrend in dairy demand?
China plays a vital role in setting price direction on global dairy markets. During recent times, they have been buying less amid high imports in 2021 and comfortable domestic milk supplies. Farmgate...Read More
Britain’s Tesco cuts price of milk for first time since 2020
Britain’s biggest supermarket group Tesco has cut the price of milk for the first time since May 2020, a possible early sign that a surge in food inflation may abate in the coming months. In March, g...Read More
Tetra Pak highlights recycling initiatives in honor of Earth Day
In 2022, Tetra Pak put nearly 30 million euros into projects worldwide, with plans to go further and invest up to 40 million euros annually over the next years, in line with its targets on collection...Read More
Global Dairy prices down-Indian dairy products get uncompetitive
The index of prices for the Global Dairy Trading platform fell 4.7% in Tuesday’s trading session. It’s the fourth drop in a row and the sixth drop in the last eight trading sessions. Anhydrous milk...Read More
Plastic pollution. ‘Biotransform’ plastic back to earth
How long will your plastic grocery bag take to disintegrate fully? Two hundred years? Five hundred? Try asking Polymateria CEO Niall Dunne and you’ll get his honest answer: No one knows for sure. “We...Read More
Promising probiotic for dairy cattle headed to marketplace
A probiotic developed at the University of Alberta is the first of its kind to have widespread benefits for dairy cows, and is starting to make its way into the marketplace. Immunobiologist Burim Ame...Read More
Saudi Arabia achieves self-sufficiency in dairy products
Saudi Arabia has been able to achieve self-sufficiency — 120 percent — in dairy products and its derivatives in less than half a century. The Kingdom is among the top dairy exporting countries not on...Read More