As pandemic drives down milk demand, dairy farmers face uncertain future
The COVID-19 virus has no effect on dairy cows, but it could be a death blow for many already struggling dairy farmers across the region.
China uses dairy factory to show it’s getting back to work
As milk bottles and yogurt six-packs zipped past on a conveyor belt at a state-owned dairy, reporters heard a sales pitch from a Communist Party official: China Inc. has reopened for business.
A US dairy farmer works to cut back
Jim Davenport’s alarm clock rings at 2:45 am every morning. That’s when he climbs out of bed for the day’s first milking of his 64 cows.
US dairy farmers look for any tech edge in fight to survive
Technology has played an important role in agriculture for years
Dairy farming is on the decline. One East Side farmer sees agritourism as a path to survival
Mike Brown sees a future for his East Side farm where families come to share an ice cream cone while looking at the cow that provided the milk to make it, robots clean up the manure and the cows milk themselves.
FAO Rerport: Global dairy price review
The Dairy Price Index of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) registered 192.6 points in November, an increase of 10.5 points (5.7 percent) since January or 16.8 points (9.5 percent) from the corresponding month last year, but remained 82.8 points (30.1 percent) below the peak reached in February
2014.
Wisconsin's Dairy Industry Would Collapse Without the Work of Latino Immigrants — Many of Them Undocumented
ASTACINGA, VERACRUZ, Mexico — The last time Roberto Tecpile left his home in the mountains of central Veracruz, his daughter Megan was just a few weeks old.
Feeding 1.4 Billion: Inside China's largest dairy farm
Milk, as one of the oldest natural drinks, is rich in nutrients like calcium, vitamins, protein and amino acids humans need.
Dairy tech firm ordered to pay $825k over price fixing case
Dairy technology company GEA Milfos has been ordered by the High Court in Auckland to pay $825,000 after admitting to a charge of price-fixing with a competitor, Dairy Automation Limited (DAL).
GEA to build the largest infant formula plant in China for Junlebao Dairy
In September 2018, GEA secured an order from the Shijiazhuang Junlebao Dairy Co. Ltd. in China to supply the country’s largest spray dryer for the manufacture of infant milk formula (IMF), with a planned production capacity of 6 tons/hour. The project has already kicked-off, with commercial production scheduled in the second quarter of 2020. Founded […]
