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Dairy Trends: GDT rises by 1.4% as Chinese activity increases
Aidan Brennan
The increase in the Global Dairy Trade index is welcome news at a time when there is significant turmoil in global affairs.
22 January 2025 World
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Brazil, Ukraine, China and the United States.
17 January 2025 News
Brazil sets pace for global beef exports in 2024
Australia set beef and sheepmeat records last year, but Brazil remains the dominant global beef exporter.
China’s beef import policy matters to Ireland
With Irish beef exports to China suspended, it may seem that China's beef import policy doesn't matter much to Irish farmers, but that isn't the case.
10 January 2025 News
Tight beef supplies to continue in 2025
In 2024, Irish beef supplies were impacted by lower carcase weights, which were down by an estimated 5%, Bord Bia said.
1 January 2025 News
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from China, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
1 January 2025 World
UK set to impose up to 83% tariff on Chinese-built excavators
The Trade Remedies Authority, the UK government trade body, has proposed that a new anti-dumping measure of up to 83.5% be applied to imports of excavators from China to the UK.
1 January 2025 News
View from China: Changes in China's pig industry
Speaker after speaker grappled with the prospect that China would in reality need only half the number of sows currently in the herd.
23 December 2024 Viewpoints
World Agrifood Innovation Forum a big deal in China
Feeding the world is clearly an area where science and development can build bridges.
6 December 2024 Viewpoints
Higher value dairy exports will move ‘closer to home’ - Ornua
Ciaran Aylward, economist at Ornua, was speaking at the Global Dairy Outlook panel at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
21 November 2024 News
View from China: Trump 2.0 - stakes are higher than ever
The key driver will be the demand for dairy and animal protein and the uptick in the economy will drive more consumption, writes Ian Lahiffe.
20 November 2024 Viewpoints
Bord Bia awarded €3.2m for European dairy campaign
The ‘European dairy - where nature meets science’ campaign, which will commence in June 2025, aims to position the EU as a leader in the supply of value-add dairy ingredients.
19 November 2024 News