Insights and Stories on Dairy Markets

Critics see TPP as edge of wedge for U.S. milk

Oct. 7, 2015 at 8:27 pm CDT

A U.S. dairy sector economist is the latest observer to suggest Canada’s concessions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership may eventually lead to more imports of U.S. milk than Ottawa bargained for. Ag economist Andrew Novakovic of New York’s Cornell University said in a release that the TPP, for U.S. producers, marks […]

Clinton says she doesn’t support new TPP deal

Oct. 7, 2015 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Amanda Becker Jonathan Allen

After five years of negotiations, TPP talks near deal

Oct. 4, 2015 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Krista Hughes

EU dairy farmers get rude awakening in post-quota market

Aug. 28, 2015 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Gus Trompiz

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

Aug. 11, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

Dairy farmers milk politics of Pacific trade pact

Aug. 10, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

Reuters — New Zealand dairy farmers have a message for their Canadian counterparts, who worry a Pacific trade deal will throw them on the mercy of world markets and devastate their industry: It’s not so bad. But heavily protected Canadian farmers have reason for skepticism. A deadlock over dairy has […]

By Allison Lampert Krista Hughes Rod Nickel

Fonterra cuts dairy jobs as ‘white gold’ rush fizzles

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