austria
NÖM takes steps towards sustainability
Niederösterreichische Molkerei (NÖM) is an Austrian producer of dairy products.
Agrarmark Austria collaborators named
AMA-Marketing has selected a group of specialist agencies that will be responsible for helping promote Austria’s dairy and agricultural sectors.
New MD for FrieslandCampina Germany
Dieuwer van Staveren is being appointed managing director for FrieslandCampina in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) from 1 October.
Austria ups animal husbandry standards
The Agrarmarkt Austria (AMA) expert committee has decided to phase out permanent tethering in dairy farming for its seal of approval by the end of 2023.
New quality seal for Austria
More companies are joining the new AMA Genuss Region system to be certified as regional quality companies.
ESL strong in Austrian organic milk sector
The trend towards regional and organic products remains strong in Austria, with 2% or 12.2 million kg more organic milk than in 2020.
Salzburg’s sustainability report released
A total of 165 tonnes of plastic have been saved since 2017 just by switching the Salzburg Milch Premium product packaging to environmentally friendly and plastic-reduced materials.
Big merger called off
The planned merger of Alpenmilch Salzburg cooperative with Gmundner Molkerei has been called off for now in Austria.
The Berchtesgadener Land dairy’s general assembly looks at economics
The Berchtesgadener Land dairy’s general assembly focused on the very difficult overall economic situation, which began two years ago with the Covid pandemic and has been overtaken by the drastic effects of the Ukraine war since spring.
Gmundner co-operative talks in Austria
Gmundner Molkerei, the fourth largest dairy in Austria, is at the moment studying an offer from the small dairy Jäger from Haag in Germany to expand their cross-border co-operation, which has already existed for three years.
Austria adds mandatory origin labelling for more products
The Austrian government has agreed on the introduction of mandatory origin labeling for milk, meat and eggs in processed products and in public catering.
