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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been diagnosed in 3 dead water buffalos in the eastern German state of Brandenburg. Photo: Bert Jansen

10-01-2025 | News

FMD Germany: 3 water buffaloes in Brandenburg infected

Changing the terms of subsidising existing loans will lead to a significant unplanned increase in the financial burden on agricultural and food producers, including dairy firms in Russia. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman

10-01-2025 | News

Slashed subsidies for Russia’s dairy industry

The key question is whether or not the remaining producers in the UK can or will increase output to maintain the national milk supply at or around 14.8-15.2 billion litres. Photo: Canva

08-01-2025 | News

UK dairy: A buoyant 2025 ahead

Dairy farmers continue to face the same shortage of domestic workers as all of agriculture, but they do not have access to the H-2A farmworker programme. Photo: Canva

07-01-2025 | News

US dairy labour: Mass deportation of illegal workers

There is a wealth of technology now available to dairy farmers to help them manage their herds more efficiently, stated Desmond Savage, the director of Irish company Moonsyst. Photo: Canva

23-12-2024 | News

Dairy farmers’ appetite for big data is growing fast

There has been a shortage of butter in several Latvian regions. Photo: Canva

20-12-2024 | News

Butter shortage in the Baltic region

On the consumer market, sales of organic dairy, like all other such food products, are continuously declining. Photo: Canva

19-12-2024 | News

Organic milk now represents under 5% of milk production in France

Costs linked to the reduction in emissions must not be borne solely by farmers and consumers, according to a new report by the UK government’s Environment and Climate Change committee. Photo: Koos Groenewold

17-12-2024 | News

UK government: methane reductions must not come at a cost

In early November, the Russian Agricultural Ministry opposed imposing price caps on dairy products in response to market turmoil. Photo: Canva

13-12-2024 | News

Price caps in Russia’s dairy industry

National Farmers’ Union president, Tom Bradshaw, said the farmers are prepared to continue protesting through to the spring. Photo: Canva

13-12-2024 | News

UK farmers cause London gridlock in huge tractor protest