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Dairy Trends: GDT up 1.9% and butter breaks records
Aidan Brennan
The price of butter has broken the previous record set just two months ago, writes Aidan Brennan.
Dairy Trends: GDT up 1.9% and butter breaks records
Camera at the Mart: positive dairy signals boost for Listowel Mart dairy sale
18 November 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: positive dairy signals boost for Listowel Mart dairy sale
The prevailing mood is rising in dairy markets and with the good weather in autumn that allowed farmers replenish fodder stocks, these all had an impact on the dairy sale in the north Kerry mart.
Dairy Trends: markets going in the right direction
13 November 2024 Markets
Dairy Trends: markets going in the right direction
Butter is leading the charge this week, as prices increase by €145/t to be within touching distance of the last peak price.
Dairy Trends: GDT increases by 4.8%
The Global Dairy Trade auction result is a really positive sign for the dairy trade, as New Zealand heads towards peak milk production.
6 November 2024 Markets
In pictures: super trade for freshly dairy heifers
The monthly dairy sale from Taaffe Auctions at Dungannon Mart saw a superb trade for freshly calved heifers.
30 October 2024 Markets
Jump up for September milk prices
Milk prices took a jump forward in September, increasing in price by between 1.43c/l and 2.6c/l which gave a much needed boost to cashflow.
30 October 2024 Markets
Dairy Trends: butter and whole milk powder rally
Butter and whole milk powder regained some of the ground lost in recent weeks as the dairy market begins to stabilise, writes Aidan Brennan.
30 October 2024 Markets
Dairy Trends: butter continues its downward trajectory
Butter prices continue to slip in Europe, with prices back €650/t on the peak price of just a few weeks ago.
23 October 2024 Markets
Dairy Trends: European and GDT prices all steady
Butter prices were more or less unchanged in both Europe and at the Global Dairy Trade auction this week.
16 October 2024 Markets
BSE jinx hits Irish beef exports to China again
For the third time in six years, Irish beef exports to China are suspended because of an atypical case of BSE.
9 October 2024 News
Dairy Trends: butter prices fall sharply this week
Butter prices took the biggest hit on the European spot market this week as the market reacts to a change in sentiment writes Aidan Brennan.
9 October 2024 Markets
Another bounce in milk price for August
Milk prices increased by between 1.2c/l and 3c/l for August, as dairy markets are continuing to perform well, writes Aidan Brennan.
2 October 2024 Markets