Insights and Stories on Dairy Cattle

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

Jul. 18, 2015 at 12:50 am CDT

Paris | Reuters –– A downturn in France’s livestock sector has put thousands of farms close to bankruptcy, the government said Friday, as it seeks to contain a crisis that has undermined a flagship pledge to improve the livelihood of livestock producers. Farmers say a deteriorating international market, marked by […]

By Reuters

Jul. 16, 2015 at 3:24 pm CDT

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand dairy exporter Fonterra is cutting jobs in an effort to shore up its cash flows as a slump in global dairy demand, particularly from No. 1 buyer China, threatens to snuff out the country’s “white gold” rush. Dairy prices have more than halved from […]

By Naomi Tajitsu