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New Zealand dairy company Synlait Milk said it expects to pay its farmer suppliers slightly more than market leader Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd this season, as it warned the dairy sector faced another tough period.

Canada is working on a plan to shore up its sheltered dairy industry, including measures to counter fast-rising imports of milk proteins from the United States, according to the country's agriculture minister.

Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit is packed into boxes in a New Zealand packhouse in this undated handout image.

Global food commodity markets are likely to remain stable in the coming year, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday, even as prices rose for the fourth straight month.

Saputo Inc, one of Canada's largest dairy producers, has an eye on Brazil for possible acquisitions, and could make deals worth as much as C$3.5 billion ($2.67 billion), its chief executive said on Thursday.

The global dairy market outlook is expected to remain weak throughout 2016, but 2017 looks to offer dairy producers a glimmer of hope for higher prices.

European Union (EU) milk producers were given their own keys to the kingdom about a year ago when the European Commission began phasing out the long-held quota system. Now EU production levels are going up, up, up, and

Brazil's government vowed on Tuesday to free up as much as 21 billion reais ($5.8 billion) in additional credit for farmers and cattle ranchers, in an effort to help pull Latin America's largest economy out of a two-yea

Financial exchange operator NZX Ltd on Friday launched New Zealand's first milk futures contract, offering dairy farmers in the country a new tool to manage risk as they grapple with plunging prices.

Dairy farmers in Hungary are protesting low prices by parading their cows near parliament.

New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group said on Thursday it will cut the price it pays Australian dairy farmers for their milk, following a similar move by rival Murray Goulburn amid a fall-off in demand from China.

The more protectionist trade policy being pushed by U.S. presidential candidates could deal a heavy blow to the global economy, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Monday.

U.S. soybean futures climbed to their highest in more than 15 months on Tuesday, rising a third straight session as crop-damage in Argentina and fund buying drove prices higher.

The Canadian government said on Monday it would compensate the country's dairy farmers for increased European imports allowed under a pending free trade deal.

Facing deeply entrenched differences and political headwinds, the top negotiators trying to reach a sweeping U.S.-European free trade deal avoided agriculture, public procurement and other thorny issues in talks this we

What caused last year's cattle price collapse? Washington could have some answers after an investigation of why cattle prices fell 15.1%in the last half of 2015.

Nestle has struck a deal with Britain's R&R Ice Cream to form a joint venture that will sell ice cream and frozen food in more than 20 countries, its latest attempt to adapt to a changing and more competitive market.

Beleaguered dairy farmers in New Zealand can now see a glimmer of hope. After being hammered by a plunge in prices in a world market flush with supply, things are finally improving as China is buying more.

Canada may delay implementing new restrictions on the use of foreign workers as farmers and meat processors warn of severe labor shortages in one of the world's biggest agricultural exporters, the employment minister sa

Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co Ltd, Australia's biggest dairy producer, said its managing director quit on Wednesday as it blamed weaker than expected China sales for a profit warning, sending its shares to a record lo

Cuba is an island nation that depends on imports to feed its populace. Recently, President Barack Obama became the first president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge. The end goal: easing trade restrictions that have l

Crisis-stricken Venezuela on Friday paid $30 million of over $100 million in debt it owes Uruguayan dairy farmers, the government of Uruguay said.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Board of Directors has endorsed the Trans Pacific Partnership after its staff and the U.S. Dairy Export Council spent the last few months analyzing the trade agreement.

U.S. authorities are worried that Chinese nationals may be stealing genetically modified seeds from American farmers in Iowa.

New Zealand's central bank said on Wednesday that low global milk prices are putting significant financial pressure on the nation's dairy farms but the banking system is robust enough to withstand a severe downturn.

The European Commission announced more help for the agriculture sector on Monday, following protests by farmers who say they have been hit hard by a Russian ban on Western food imports.

European countries, companies try to keep a lid on growing milk production.

Dairy industry trying to make heads or tails of the agreement.

U.S. President Barack Obama is fully committed to pushing for Congress to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal despite anti-trade sentiment gaining steam on the presidential election campaign trail, National

Milk production is also expected to fall 4% this grazing season.

Ratings company Moody's said on Thursday that the fall in milk payouts was credit negative for New Zealand banks.

For the first time since December, world market prices for skim and whole milk powder jumped on the GlobalDairy Trade auction last week.

President Barack Obama's administration will announce further measures to ease travel and trade restrictions on Cuba on March 17, ahead of his historic visit to the Communist-ruled island this month, U.S. congressional

The National Milk Producers Federation Board of Directors today endorsed the Trans Pacific Partnership after its staff and the U.S. Dairy Export Council spent the last few months analyzing the trade agreement.

Global dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd on Tuesday lowered its forecast payout for its farmer shareholders, adding to pressure on New Zealand's beleaguered dairy sector.

Born from dairy cooperatives in two small villages in India, Amul has grown to become the largest dairy producer in India by volume, collecting nearly 15 million litres of milk per day. This year, Amul will manufacture

At a time when global milk supplies are overflowing and free trade agreements are requiring countries to eliminate or scale back dairy subsidies, some co-ops and countries are implementing creative ways to provide extra

Ferries remained docked at Greek ports and farmers poured milk onto the streets on Wednesday in protest over plans to revamp Greece's pensions system, a condition for the country's multi-billion euro bailout.

Both prices and volume were down today on the GlobalDairy Trade (GDT) auction in New Zealand, with the weighted average price down 1.4% to $2,405 per metric ton. Analysts believe prices must climb to at least $3,000/to

The leaders of 12 countries, including the U.S., are expected to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement early next month, but debate continues at home about the risks and rewards of the trade pact.

The Irish are now part Chinese, as their collective exporting unit, Ornua, bought its first manufacturer based in the Asian giant.

Lawsuits stir while the top yogurt brands in the dairy industry battle it out to be known as the "most natural." It's not clear who will come out on top, but Chobani continues to slam its competitors for using art

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 12 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold), Michigan Milk Producers, Niagara-O-AT-KA, and Tillamook County Cr

World-renowned environmentalist Mark Lynas shared his experience of moving from anti-GMO activist to advocate for biotechnology at a featured workshop at the 97th American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention and ID

A scorching drought in Southern Africa that led to widespread crop failure could nudge African nations to finally embrace genetically modified (GM) crops to improve harvests and reduce grain imports.

Saudi Arabia's Almarai Co , the largest dairy company in the Gulf, has spent $31.8 million to buy land in California to supply its business with alfalfa hay, it said on Sunday.

The United States is not alone in its renewed taste for butter. Butter demand has risen so quickly in Canada that the Canadian Dairy Commission, which is charged with keeping Canada's dairy industry balanced, is n

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Farmers are illegally growing genetically modified corn in China's northeast, said environmental non-profit Greenpeace on Wednesday, in a report that may generate further distrust of the government's ability to ensure a

Global food prices plunged 19 percent in 2015 following a fresh decline in December on the back of plentiful supplies and a slowing global economy, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thur