Dairy Insights: Heard Mentality

Feed costs like corn and soybeans are hitting multi-year lows which is boosting profitability for U.S. dairy farmers, will we get stronger milk production in coming months?

Bluetongue disease is hitting dairy farms in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium and reducing milk production. Florian Hildebrand shares what he is hearing about the spread of the disease and the impact it is having on farmers and processors.

The EEX is changing the contract specification for their liquid milk futures contract which could lead to more liquidity across the European dairy contracts as well as offering more transparency around the value of milk and making it easier for farmers and cooperatives to lock in prices for milk.

U.S. milk production was weaker than expected in June, will the supply side story be enough to push dairy prices to new highs this year?

Prices at the GlobalDairyTrade auction (GDT) were better than expected this week and milk production growth in China has slowed down, what is there to be bearish about?

Feed costs like corn and soybeans are hitting multi-year lows which is boosting profitability for U.S. dairy farmers, will we get stronger milk production in coming months?

Dairy prices at the GDT Event were down a surprising 6.9% this week which is helping to feed the bearish sentiment in the EU dairy market.

U.S. milk production for May was weaker than forecast and U.S. cheese and butter stocks for May were also weaker than expected. Nate Donnay and Dave Kurzawski talk about the reports and expectations going forward.

Fieldays is the biggest agricultural get-together in New Zealand. Nate Donnay talks with Matt Manning who attended this year to launch a new financial tool aimed at New Zealand dairy farmers.