Insights and Stories on Dairy Cattle

Aug. 6, 2015 at 7:09 pm CDT

Reuters — Dairy Farmers of America Inc. has agreed to pay US$50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in which farmers in the northeastern U.S. accused the marketing co-operative of conspiring to drive down milk prices. Settlement papers were filed on Thursday with the federal court in Burlington, Vermont, and […]

By jonathan-stempel

Aug. 4, 2015 at 7:00 pm CDT

Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan wants New Zealand to offer realistic proposals on dairy products as part of 12-nation talks on a pan-Pacific trade agreement, a Japanese negotiator said Tuesday. Ministers failed last Friday to clinch a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal to free up trade after a dispute flared up […]

By Kaori Kaneko

Jul. 31, 2015 at 9:01 am CDT

"The U.S. was on one side of the issue, while practically every other country were on the other side."

By Ami Miyazaki, Krista Hughes

Jul. 29, 2015 at 8:51 am CDT

Lahaina, Hawaii, July 28 (Reuters) – The United States, Canada and Japan have to make concessions on dairy trade before a wider Pacific trade deal can be wrapped up, New Zealand’s agricultural trade envoy said on Tuesday. Mike Petersen, a farmer who represents the interests of New Zealand agriculture, said […]

By Krista Hughes

Jul. 23, 2015 at 3:13 pm CDT

Canada’s agriculture minister says Canada won’t negotiate in public when it comes to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the proposed wide-ranging free trade agreement among a group of Pacific Rim countries. Responding to questions at an unrelated event in Winnipeg last week, Agriculture and Agri-food Minister Gerry Ritz said Canada […]

By Shannon VanRaes