Milk
Dairy duty: Indonesia presses businesses to find a million cows
A lack of cattle means the world’s fourth-largest country by population relies mostly on milk powder imported from Australia, New Zealand and the United States
A2 Milk to buy New Zealand formula plant to target China growth
The company forecasts high single-digit per cent increase in revenue in the 2026 full year
A looming dairy drought will stunt the world’s growth
Milk is mostly being produced in the wrong places for the children who need it
How milk got its mojo back
The dairy industry’s efforts to woo customers away from plant products are a masterclass in corporate survival tactics
Fonterra to assess IPO as one option for consumer unit sale
FONTERRA Cooperative Group will go ahead with the sale process for its global consumer businesses, saying it will consider an initial public offering (IPO) and reiterating that a successful deal will ...
China dairy farms swim in milk as fewer babies, slow economy cut demand
CHINA is awash in unwanted milk as falling birth rates and cost-conscious consumers have cut demand even as dairy farms expanded in recent years, forcing smaller farmers out of business and squeezing ...
China targets EU dairy just as its own milk industry flounders
CHINA’S anti-subsidy probe of dairy imports from the European Union comes at a time when the local industry is on its knees.
H5N1 strain of bird flu found in milk: WHO
The H5N1 bird flu virus strain has been detected in very high concentrations in raw milk from infected animals, the WHO said on Friday (Apr 19), though how long the virus can survive in milk is unknow...
World food price index falls in October, says FAO
The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in October to its lowest level in more than two years, driven by declines in sugar, cereals, vegetable oils and meat.
US FDA warns 3 baby formula makers to correct manufacturing process controls
THE US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued warnings to three infant formula makers to correct their manufacturing processes to better catch bacterial contamination, but added it does not ...
