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Farmers worry bailout won’t be enough

September 25, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farmers are already feeling the impact of Trump’s trade tiffs with China, other countries Farmers across the United States will soon begin receiving government checks as part of a billion-dollar bailout to buoy growers experiencing [Read More …]

Mike Naig on escalation of trade dispute with China

September 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. will impose duties on an estimated $200 billion in additional Chinese goods Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following statement on the announcement by the Trump Administration that the U.S. will impose [Read More …]

Farm bill and trade war dominate D.C. discussions

September 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Terry Detrick, AFR/OFU president, lead a delegation on a 4-day lobbying effort Sept. 11-14 While the turbulence of Hurricane Florence swirled about the perimeter of Washington, D.C., a group of Oklahoma farm leaders dealt with [Read More …]

US-China tariffs: Who stands to be hurt?

September 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Beijing has said it will swiftly retaliate against American exporters By imposing tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese goods starting next week, President Donald Trump has intensified his trade war with Beijing and triggered [Read More …]

China to Impose Tariffs on Nearly All US Dairy Imports

September 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

China’s finance ministry announced on Tuesday that it will impose retaliatory tariffs next week on nearly $60 billion worth of U.S. imports in reaction to the Trump administration’s plans to place 10-percent duties on another [Read More …]

AFIA Disappointed by USTR’s Additional Tariffs on Chinese Imports

September 19, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) shares in the disappointment with many others throughout the agriculture community on the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) announcement yesterday to impose an additional tariff of [Read More …]

USDA details trade damage estimate calculations

September 14, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Detailed account available of how USDA calculated estimated damage from trade disruptions U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today released a detailed accounting of how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) calculated estimated damage from [Read More …]

New Zealand dairy giant posts its first-ever loss

September 13, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

New Zealand’s largest company, which sells dairy products, says it will completely review its business after a disastrous financial year saw it post its first-ever loss. Fonterra lost hundreds of millions of dollars on its [Read More …]

South Africa’s Aspen in talks to sell infant formula unit

September 12, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Aspen Pharmacare is in talks to sell its global infant formula business, it said on Tuesday, as the South African drug maker seeks to cash in on growing demand for baby milk. The business sells [Read More …]

NMPF: The Best Medicine

September 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Any attempt to mend an injury – however necessary – doesn’t often achieve a complete restoration of what’s been damaged. Repairs never quite return things to a “good as new” status. On a personal level, all of [Read More …]

Fonterra to Triple Consumer Dairy Product Sales in China

September 10, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

New Zealand’s Fonterra, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, is planning to triple its consumer brand Anchor’s sales in China, including ultra-high temperature and pasteurized milk, to further consolidate its market position, a top company official [Read More …]

The Global Dairy Market Outlook

September 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

US dairy product and milk prices should see a little strength through November, but we’re likely looking at a setback to prices after that. Farm gate margins in the US haven’t been great in recent [Read More …]

NY farmers call for an end to tariffs & trade war

August 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Event discussed importance of trade and impact of export tariffs on state agriculture New York Farm Bureau, along with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner, Richard Ball, and Farmers for Free [Read More …]

MDA Disappointed in Dairy Relief Package

August 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Missouri Dairy Association (MDA) is very disappointed in USDA’s announcement of the dairy-specific financial assistance package to make up for the trade retaliation dairy farmers are experiencing. “It’s a drop in the bucket [Read More …]

WFU: focus on long term solutions

August 29, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Trade strategy should focus on long-term security, not short-term emergency aid U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Aug. 27 the details of the administration’s emergency aid package for farmers affected by the escalating [Read More …]

Chinese and Mexican Tariffs Will Cost Dairy Industry Billions If Left Unchecked

August 28, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Retaliatory tariffs by China and Mexico could lower dairy exports by $2.7 billion and depress dairy farmers’ revenues by $16.6 billion over the next several years unless they are rolled back. Moreover, U.S. economic output [Read More …]

£240 million UK-Chinese dairy deal to allow for third-country milk

August 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

International Trade Secretary Dr. Liam Fox today (Thursday, August 23) met with China’s General Administration of Customs to reach an agreement which would allow the import of UK dairy products made with milk from third [Read More …]

Prediction: China will Become the World’s Big Cheese

August 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A country with 1.4 billion mouths to feed is on a trajectory to become the world’s No. 1 cheese importer, presenting a huge opportunity for U.S. dairy exporters. Editor’s note: USDEC President and CEO Tom [Read More …]

U.S Dairy Delegation Travels to China on Trade Mission

August 23, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Leaders from America’s dairy industry travel this week to China to promote trade cooperation with official agencies in Beijing and Chinese dairy buyers in Xi’an. In Beijing, a delegation will discuss the flow of Sino/U.S. [Read More …]

U.S. Dairy’s Momentum in China Threatened

August 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Retaliatory tariffs give global competitors hard-to-reverse advantages in the world’s largest market. Editor’s note: This article is based on written comments submitted Wednesday (August 1) to the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Trade on behalf of [Read More …]

China’s dairy group likely to buy stake in Pakistan firm

August 1, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region-based dairy group plans to acquire a stake of no more than 51 percent in Pakistani dairy maker Fauji Foods Ltd, aimed at expanding itself overseas via the proposed deal. North [Read More …]

Tom Vilsack Discuss Mexico and China Tariffs

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Dairy Export Council President/CEO and Former Secretary Tom Vilsack gives his take on the current Mexico and China tariffs as well as NAFTA.

White House readies plan for $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump’s escalating trade war

July 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday plans to announce a $12 billion package of emergency aid for farmers caught in the midst of President Trump’s escalating trade war, two people briefed on the plan said, [Read More …]

Farmers can ill afford timing of trade retaliation

July 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Decision to place tariffs on trading partners comes at a bad time for growers Agriculture is bearing the brunt of retaliation by trading partners at a time when farmers can’t afford it, the president of [Read More …]

Lawmakers threaten action on Trump’s tariffs

July 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Lawmakers appear to be putting the Trump administration on notice Lawmakers are losing patience with the Trump administration’s reliance on tariffs to win trade disputes and are talking increasingly about legislative action to protect U.S. [Read More …]

Interview: Expert sees U.S. dairy industry creamed in trade disputes

July 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The ongoing trade frictions initiated by the United States have brought significant impact on America’s dairy products export, a U.S. expert in the dairy industry said. If the disputes did not end soon, the United [Read More …]

California Farmers Union: Trade war with China

July 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

As the world’s two largest economic powerhouses entered a formal trade war last week, the United States stood alone in its dispute with China, lacking the support of our traditional allies. What’s alarming is it’s [Read More …]

Israel: Meir Shamir Wants to Buy Back Tnuva at Half the Price

July 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Sharply lower valuation follows 3 hard years for Israel’s biggest food maker under control of China’s Bright Food Three years after it sold a controlling stake in Tnuva, together with the Apax Partners private equity [Read More …]

China Uses One-Third of World’s Soybeans

July 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For the 2018/19 marketing year, Chinese soybean utilization for domestic crushing and exports is projected at 4.2 billion bushels. Global soybean production for the marketing year is projected at 13.2 billion bushels, meaning China is expected to [Read More …]

NZ: Keytone Dairy targets Asia with $15m raise

July 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Keytone Dairy plans to boost production and exports to China with the $15 million it raised ahead of its expected float on the Australian share market. The New Zealand-based dairy company – which sells milk [Read More …]

Farmers worry bailout won’t be enough

Mike Naig on escalation of trade dispute with China

Farm bill and trade war dominate D.C. discussions

US-China tariffs: Who stands to be hurt?

China to Impose Tariffs on Nearly All US Dairy Imports

AFIA Disappointed by USTR’s Additional Tariffs on Chinese Imports

USDA details trade damage estimate calculations

New Zealand dairy giant posts its first-ever loss

South Africa’s Aspen in talks to sell infant formula unit

NMPF: The Best Medicine

Fonterra to Triple Consumer Dairy Product Sales in China

The Global Dairy Market Outlook

NY farmers call for an end to tariffs & trade war

MDA Disappointed in Dairy Relief Package

WFU: focus on long term solutions

Chinese and Mexican Tariffs Will Cost Dairy Industry Billions If Left Unchecked

£240 million UK-Chinese dairy deal to allow for third-country milk

Prediction: China will Become the World’s Big Cheese

U.S Dairy Delegation Travels to China on Trade Mission

U.S. Dairy’s Momentum in China Threatened

China’s dairy group likely to buy stake in Pakistan firm

Tom Vilsack Discuss Mexico and China Tariffs

White House readies plan for $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump’s escalating trade war

Farmers can ill afford timing of trade retaliation

Lawmakers threaten action on Trump’s tariffs

Interview: Expert sees U.S. dairy industry creamed in trade disputes

California Farmers Union: Trade war with China

Israel: Meir Shamir Wants to Buy Back Tnuva at Half the Price

China Uses One-Third of World’s Soybeans

NZ: Keytone Dairy targets Asia with $15m raise

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

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