Irish Dilemma
OPINION: The Irish dairy sector is facing a new dilemma - maintaining year-round fresh milk supplies.
Fresh milk opportunities in China should be explored among consumers there concerned about the quality of their water, says an agricultural expert.
The president of Shanghai Pengxin Investments in New Zealand, Terry Lee, says the company's future investment in the NZ dairy industry is being thwarted.
No amount of noise from farmer ginger groups will bring change in the meat industry if the company boards choose not to adopt the measures they are calling for.
Landcorp will conclude its sharemilking contract with Shanghai Pengxin Group at the end of May 2017.
The world economy has veered into difficult and dangerous waters, suggesting 2016 will be a long hard year of slow recovery in prices in global food commodity markets, including dairy.
Analysts are now picking a dairy price recovery by the end of the year. Haven't they said that for the last three years?
Recently there has been a lot of negative news and comment about economic conditions in China – the slowing growth, a volatile stock market and the decrease in dairy imports.
OPINION: The Irish dairy sector is facing a new dilemma - maintaining year-round fresh milk supplies.
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