A number of Québec's institutional investors and bankers have announced a $470m investment, in the form of preferred units, in Agropur Cooperative, Canada's largest dairy cooperative. The transaction supports the cooperative's ...
Tags: dairy product, Agriculture
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) is planning to open a new milk protein facility on its existing site in Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland on 15 December 2014. The new facility will process milk from neighbouring counties, on both sides ...
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Dairy ingredients firm Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) will inaugurate a new milk protein facility on its existing site in Virginia, County Cavan on 15 December 2014. The new facility will process milk from neighbouring counties, on ...
Tags: Milk Protein, nutrition, Agriculture
Food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI). Food manufacturing expansion Among the ...
Tags: Dairy Products, beverages, tobacco
The European Commission will offer €28m in financing for milk producers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, in response to the ban imposed by Russia on certain EU agricultural product imports. Based on individual milk production levels ...
Tags: milk producers, EU agricultural product imports, Agriculture
The European Commission has approved a €28m financing package for milk producers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The move comes in response to the Russian ban on the import of certain EU agricultural products. Of the total ...
The free trade agreement (FTA) to be signed by Australia and China is expected to provide the former's dairy farmers tariff-free access to the latter's infant formula market over the next four years. Australian Government sources were ...
Tags: dairy farmers tariff-free, infant formula market, Agriculture
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Australian exporters are set to benefit from an historic trade agreement signed between Australia and its largest trading partner, China. This deal, which took nine years of negotiation, represents a victory ...
Tags: PTA, Australian exporters, agriculture
Arla Foods Ingredients has opened its new €120m lactose manufacturing plant in Jutland, Denmark. Located next to Arla's whey processing facility Denmark Protein, the new factory is expected to produce 80,000t of lactose per year. ...
Chinese dairy major Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial has partnered with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) to establish a dairy plant in Kansas. The company owns 30% stake in the joint venture, which has a registered capital of around $100m. ...
Tags: Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial, Dairy Farmers of America, Agriculture
Tetra Pak has launched a handbook, 'The role of raw milk quality in UHT production', to support quality managers of dairy companies in emerging markets. The handbook draws on best practice from leading dairy companies on ways to ensure ...
Tags: Raw milk, dairy companies, Agriculture
Lion milk success after packaging switch to highlight dairy farmers Food and beverage manufacturer Lion has announced that, since switching its Dairy Farmers milk packaging in Far North Queensland to ‘Malanda Original Milk’, ...
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Fonterra and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) have agreed to work together to help developing countries build viable dairy industries and increase dairy nutrition knowledge. Under the partnership, called Framework for ...
Tags: MFAT, Developing Countries, Food
Fonterra farmers’ sustainable dairying initiatives are back in the spotlight with the launch of the Co-op’s third Farm Focus series on YouTube. The latest series draws attention to the use of solar energy to power a cowshed ...
Tags: Fonterra, Initiatives, Food
Sri Lanka has lifted the temporary ban on Fonterra's Anchor milk powder sales after local investigation found the products to be safe for consumption and not an agent for triggering illness in children. A ban was imposed by the government ...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Milk Powder, Food