Milk

Falling birthrates, a phenomenon across richer countries, are obviously a drag on firms that make products for children

Global output has accelerated across major exporters

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

The company forecasts high single-digit per cent increase in revenue in the 2026 full year

Milk is mostly being produced in the wrong places for the children who need it

The dairy industry’s efforts to woo customers away from plant products are a masterclass in corporate survival tactics

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 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’S anti-subsidy probe of dairy imports from the European Union comes at a time when the local industry is on its knees.