TheDairySite Newsletter - 13 January 2017

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Friday 13th January 2017.

Global Dairy Industry News

Global

Pakistan, Netherlands Agree to Enhance Cooperation in Agri, Dairy Sectors
Food Commodity Prices Fall for Fifth Year in a Row
Grasslands Hold Potential for Increased Food Production
Dairy a Potential Ally in Asian Nutrition Challenges, UN Says
Safeguarding Biodiversity Must be Integrated Across Ag Sectors

United Kingdom

Müller Announces Investment and Site Closure
Call for Continuity in Existing Border Arrangements to Safeguard NI Dairy Industry
Supporting Small Farmers to Build Better Businesses
More Funding for UK Antibiotic Resistance Action
New Approach to Mastitis ‘Almost Halves’ Farmer’s Antibiotic Costs
Welsh Farmers as Frustrated as Ever with Bovine TB
Müller Farmers See Farm Gate Milk Price Rise in 5-Month Period
Stewardship Policy Reduces Antimicrobial Use on Farms

Ireland

IFA: Enhancement of Regional Veterinary Laboratories Services Vital
Prices Beat Brexit to Top of Problem List for Irish Farmers
Clear Scope for at Least 30C/L for December Milk
Winter Finishers Need Substantial Price Rise, Says IFA
IFA Calls for Major Push on Live Export Trade
IFA Criticises Ag Department for Interference in Live Valuation Scheme

United States

Prospects for US Cattle, Beef Markets a Little Brighter
NCBA, PLC Praise Senate Effort to Curb Abuse of Antiquities Act

Pakistan

Sale of Adulterated Milk Goes on Unchecked
Pakistan Dairy Farmers Announce Increase in Milk Price
Milk Testing Lab Remains Non-functional Since Opening

European Union

EU Slaughtering Increase in 2016
IFA President Presses for Early Implementation of EU Food Chain Report
No SMP Sold as Buyers Seek Intervention Deals

China

China to Expand Corn Ethanol Amid Grain Surplus

India

Arunachal Pradesh Inks Pact with NDDB to Boost Dairy Sector
Maharashtra to Raise Milk Prices from 11 January

New Zealand

Greenpeace Calls on Dairy Industry to Come Clean
Dairy NZ to Appeal Decision on Greenpeace Ad

Australia

Queensland Cattle Producers Predict High Prices in 2017

Hungary

Hungary to Host FAO Workshop on Cattle Disease

Yemen

EU, FAO Unite to Address Alarming Food Insecurity in Yemen

Denmark

Improved Lactic Acid Bacteria Results in Better Tasting Cheeses

Ghana

Union Urges Govt to Compel Banks to Allocate Funds to Agriculture

Zimbabwe

Mugabe's Dairy Gets Duty-free Import Quota

Oman

Oman Denies Forging Documents Concerning Saudi Cattle Export

Sri Lanka

Pelwatte Dairy Set on Making Sri Lanka Self-sufficient in Milk

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstani Milk, Meat Exporters Barred from Transporting Goods to Russia

Company News

Nutriad Supporting US Customers on Veterinary Feed Directive
GLOBAL - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking numerous steps and actions to ensure that antibiotics are being used judiciously in Food Animal Production.

USDA Licenses Diagnostic Kit to Improve Management of Johne’s Disease in Cattle
US - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued Thermo Fisher Scientific a Veterinary Biological Product License for its Applied Biosystems VetMAX-Gold MAP Detection Kit, a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based solution designed to detect the bacterium that causes Johne’s disease.

Mycotoxin Testing – From Multi-Toxin Analysis to Metabolomics
CANADA - Remarks by Rudolf Krska, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna at the 2016 World Nutrition Forum in Vancouver, Canada.

The Effects of Emerging Mycotoxins in Livestock
GLOBAL - A recap of unregulated fungal metabolites that should be on the protein industry’s radar.

2016 Weather Impacted Mycotoxin Levels Across USA
US - As another harvest season is now complete, dairy producers are looking towards the quality of their crops during winter storage months.

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