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Fonterra creates virtual dairy farm experience in Singapore
Delegates at the recent Nizo Protein Dairy Conference in Singapore donned virtual reality headsets to step briefly into the dairy farm virtual world.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Dairy farm cost competitiveness substantially shifting
The results of the IFCN Dairy Report 2016 have indicated substantially decreased costs for dairy farmers in 2015.
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Marcel Gabriel
Marcel Gabriel, maker of Stärnächäs cheese, Schollrüti Käserei, Switzerland.
Chinese dairy farm management improves
Tetra Pak and DeLaval, sister companies in the Tetra Laval Group have signed a five year agreement with the Dairy Association of China to provide training to Chinese dairy farm managers.
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Stürtz in at DMK
Supervisory board members of DMK (Deutsches Milchkontor) have chosen Thomas Stürtz as chief executive officer and Klaus Wagner as his deputy, as the previous CEO Alfons Kerlfeld has resigned.
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Arla farmers triumphs at Farmers Weekly Awards
Arla farmer owners Peter and Di Wastenage are the first ever-dairy farmers to be crowned Farmer of the Year at the Farmer Weekly Awards.
Arla launches farm assurance program
Arla Foods has launched a farm assurance program, Arlagarden that is already in operation in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg.
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Tasmanian dairy remains competitive, says Rabobank
Rabobank analyst Ben Larkin says Tasmanian dairy has a globally competitive farmgate production model, and the state continues to see a number of dairy farm conversions, in a recent report on growth sectors for the Australian state. “Tasmanian milk production growth has averaged 2.6% growth annually compared to 0.5% nationally, Larkin says. “We’re also seeing Tasmanian […]
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Berchtesgaden Land updates farmers
German dairy Berchtesgaden Land had a traditional gathering where 739 female farmers from the milk delivery area were updated about the situation of the Bavarian dairy over the past year. “2015 will be a very special year in the history of the whole milk industry, but in particular in our dairy,” Bernhard Pointner, managing director […]
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NFU flags up dairy farming decline in UK
The number of dairy farmers in England and Wales has halved in just over a decade with 60 farmers giving up producing milk in December alone – a rate which will see fewer than 5,000 dairy farmers left by 2025, the NFU says. NFU president Meurig Raymond spoke at the 25th Semex Conference in Glasgow […]
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Joint fund for Australian dairy
Dairy investment in Australia will be the focus of a $3 billion Chinese agricultural fund. Austrlian Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb told the inaugural Australian Dairy Farm Investment forum about the deal, which is called the Beijing Australia Agricultural Resource Cooperative Development Fund. It will be jointly initiated by the Beijing Agricultural Investment […]
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Dairy All-Parliamentary group launched in UK
Members from both houses of Parliament and across the political spectrum have formed a new Dairy All Party Parliamentary Group in the UK. The group will focus on supporting the development of a sustainable and profitable dairy supply chain and will debate key issues for the industry. Under the chairmanship of food and farming champion […]
Dairy summer school at Liverpool University UK
The University of Liverpool, School of Veterinary Science is offering an international summer dairy school for professionals, leaders and farmers in the dairy sector. The course is covering practical dairying skills to enhance productivity and efficiency of a dairy unit by maintaining high standards of animal health and welfare. It will offer a chance to […]
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Hawaii Dairy Farms planned
Ulupono Initiative is hoping that its 580-acre dairy farm planned for Kauai,Hawaii in the US, will begin construction in spring 2014, if the investor obtains the required building permits. Around 70% of the diet for the cows would be Kikyu grass, with the remaining feed being grain. Production is planned to be distributed throughout the islands state. Hawaii […]
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