May 3 2012 | Issue no: 1149
LEAD ARTICLES
MARKETS
- BSE response may have averted impact on US dairy market
- UK supermarket milk price model based on farm cost
- Strong start to year for Australian cheese output
- Prices slump at UDF auction
- Irish dairying: great potential ahead but big hurdles
POLICY & LEGISLATION
- EU rules out temporary dairy support measures
- Chinese NZ takeover challenged
- US dairy reform measure passes first hurdle
TRADE
- Chinese dairy fats demand increases as New Zealand sells more butter and AMF
- Buyers wait for US SMP prices to fall
INDUSTRY
- European bulk cream losses force UK fresh milk sector to trim farmgate prices
- Fonterra sets artificially high milk price, parliament told
- Spanish dairy farmers face prices squeeze
- UK dairy co-op launches into sports nutrition sector
- Regionality eases pressure on Germany’s Schwarzwaldmilch
- Tetra Pak lifts sales 5% in 2011
- Brands deliver Q1 sales boost for Bongrain
- Good year for Austrian dairy specialist
MILK PRODUCT PRICES
- World Market Prices
- Selected EU Quotations
- US and Oceania Dairy Prices
- European Dairy Prices
- Milk deliveries and dairy production













