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... milk producers harvey fresh and new zealand dairy giant fonterra have moved to take up extra milk, after farmers supplying the challenge dairy co-operative were told they should find new purchasers for their product ... harvey fresh moved quickly to offer contracts to a number of challenge suppliers, and fonterra has now advised it will offer contracts to all remaining dairy farmers that have yet to sign new contracts with harvey fresh or national foods ... agriculture and food minister terry redman welcomed the support shown by fonterra and harvey fresh for the western australian dairy industry in the wake of recent uncertainty ... “many dairy farmers have been faced with the prospect of not being able to find a home for their milk, so the actions of fonterra and harvey fresh will come as welcome relief,” mr redman said ... “i have appreciated the open and supportive relationship between my office and fonterra throughout this crisis, and i am very grateful for the valuable role the company has played in helping wa dairy farmers endure these current challenges,” he said

... french dairy group lactalis has submitted an offer for the entire share capital of yoplait ... the yoghurt and milk dessert maker is jointly owned by private-equity firm, pai partners and french co-operative dairy group, sodiaal ... existing dairy supply agreements with sodiaal would be maintained based on the same terms and conditions ... it added that its proposed takeover of yoplait would “give rise to a major french champion in the dairy industry on a global scale

... ongoing retailer profiteering at the expense of others in the supply chain is the alarming conclusion drawn by nfu scotland following the publication of industry body, dairyco’s annual dairy supply chain margins report ... in the year ending march 2010, supermarkets managed to increase their margins on all three dairy products – fresh milk, mild and mature cheddar - despite only marginal changes in the retail prices being charged to consumers ... nfu scotland vice-president allan bowie said: “there is no defensible position for retailers over the long term damage they are currently wreaking on the dairy sector ... “i believe when consumers are shown these figures in black and white they will balk at the power major supermarkets are exerting down on the chain – power that is stifling development at a processing level and ultimately denying hard-working dairy farmers a fair return for their efforts ... “supermarkets cannot continue to stick their heads in the sand over this report when they are ultimately responsible for many of the ongoing failures in the dairy supply chain ... “it is good to see that dairyco is to report in the future on how well the markets are working, and how quickly and fully changes in dairy market prices filter through farmgate milk prices ... ahead of that report, retailers must take steps to address the blatant imbalances that exist and help deliver a positive message to dairy farmers, ahead of very costly winter, that their milk is wanted and valued appropriately

... fonterra is eyeing growing uht milk markets in asia-pacific new zealand dairy giant fonterra plans to export uht milk to malaysia, indonesia and vietnam after boosting capacity at a processing plant in auckland ... 2% between now and 2012, making it one of the fastest growing dairy categories and a huge export opportunity for us,” said peter mcclure, md of fonterra brands new zealand ... limited domestic dairy supply in asian countries, growing populations and education about dairy’s nutritional benefits are creating this demand ... 7m) investment in expanding its cheese and dairy ingredients production in tasmania

... the uk’s food standards agency (fsa) has said it is investigating claims that milk from a cloned cow has entered the nation’s dairy supply ... the announcement comes after an unnamed dairy farmer told the international herald tribune that he was using milk from a cow bred from a clone as part of his daily production

... senate report finds a senate report on competition and pricing in the australian dairy industry has slammed the results of a deregulated dairy industry, with dominance by the two major supermarket chains and a handful of mostly foreign-owned processors placing farmers at a competitive disadvantage ... the inquiry investigated the varying prices being paid to dairy farmers in different australian states, particularly focussing on the impact of consolidation that has occurred within the dairy supply chain since deregulation of the industry in 1999 and the effectiveness of the trade practices act 1974, in response to claims from dairy farmers that the processing and retail sectors were taking advantage of their market power to ‘milk them for all they were worth’ ... “there is no question that right down the supply chain there are significant pressures ... we did start to receive some evidence as to where the profit lies in the supply chain ... certainly, the dairy farmers were not making much profit, if they were in fact breaking even ... i think there is quite severe pressure on some of the processing companies and that gets applied down the supply chain, particularly by the supermarkets,” said tasmanian liberal senator richard colbeck at the report’s tabling in the senate ... the queensland dairyfarmers organisation welcomed the report, saying that it verified the widespread dissatisfaction about the lack transparency and balance of market power in the domestic dairy industry value-chain beyond the farm-gate

... this breakthrough may be an important step toward improving the safety of the country’s dairy supply

... despite the widening gap between producer and supermarket prices, the director general of dairy uk said “there is no cream to be had” in the fiercely competitive dairy market ... download podcastjim beggdirector generaldairy uk04:41 subscribe to podcast: rss in a recent report on the health of the dairy market, the commission said it had serious concerns about the distribution of value-added in the dairy supply chain ... but in an interview with dairy reporter, dairy uk director general jim begg dismissed suggestions that manufacturers are creaming off profits created by low producer prices ... begg also responded to allegations in the commission report that the dairy supply chain does not function efficiently ... distortion he said some european governments were distorting competition by intervening in the market to establish collective agreements with the aim of increasing margins in the supply chain ... the spokesperson for the uk industry said the eu will probably look into supply chain efficiency but that it is difficult to see what remedies they can come up with ... with dairy prices at record lows begg said it is vital that the economy picks up to boost demand ... he said dairy companies are playing their part by introducing new products and presenting old products in new formats

... british retailers are facing calls to increase support for the country’s dairy farming sector amidst wider european concerns about the role of stores in maintaining a profitable milk supply ... the national farmers’ union (nfu), a uk-based lobby group, says it has written to retailers and other major food service groups across the country to help find a solution to ensure all stakeholders in the dairy industry are attaining more profitable incomes ... despite certain retailers’ claims that they are engaging suppliers and cooperatives to better support dairy farmers, european farm groups have instead called for the implementation of a ‘fair-trade’ style of milk pricing to alleviate cost concerns ... little since seems to have changed from the emb’s perspective, after the lobby group last week suggested that ongoing market deregulation in the block is distorting the supply chain in favour of retailers ... these commitments include pledges to source british dairy products, a pricing mechanism that can provide milk and cheese suppliers with sustainable milk prices to help meet costs and promotion of the red tractor logo on british private label products ... "consumers are paying a fair price for british dairy products but that money is not distributed fairly down the supply chain,” he states ... “the difference between profit and loss for dairy farmers in this country is a small fraction of the overall margin on milk and dairy products, which could easily be afforded ... " retailer commitments despite calls for greater support, retailers across the bloc have pledged various commitments to farmers as part of their attempts to support dairy production and alleviate recent criticisms ... in outlining its own plans for securing dairy supply, justin king, chief executive for uk retailer sainsbury’s said earlier this year that, although it will continue to invest in its dairy farmers, it did not believe a contractual price would benefit the industry in the long-term

... as stakeholders across the dairy supply chain look to put cows’ backsides at the forefront of efforts to cut greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions, researchers suggest consumer acceptance will be a major factor in any successful solution ... com looks at how the global industry is responding to calls to find new production methods for a more sustainable dairy sector, starting right at the beginning of the supply chain ... agriculture intensive industries such as meat and dairy production have come under attack from certain environmental groups in recent years over concerns regarding their potential contributions to ghg output from livestock ... as part of a wider commitment by the dairy industry to play up their green claims, reducing emissions of gas like methane from cows is one major area for development ... consumer concerns us-based dairy management inc (dmi), which aims to support industry-wide research, says despite a global impetus to pursue reductions in dairy ghg emissions, responding to safety needs and consumer perceptions were key challenges for the focus ... consumer concerns about certain livestock treatments have led to some major industry shifts for dairy production in the us alone ... while current innovation is predominantly targeting feed initiatives to cut the amounts of methane reaching the atmosphere through dairy production, rick naczi, head of dmi’s sustainability operations for the innovation center for us dairy, said a variety of potential solutions would be studied ... eco attacks last year, sustain, which claims to be an alliance for sustainable food production, was just one of the organisations named by farmers’ groups as attempting to discourage dairy and meat consumption due to the contributions of livestock farming to ghg emissions