The Irish Farmers Journal is dedicated to providing up to the minute news on milk prices in Ireland and also on the global dairy market.
The first GDT auction of 2025 sends mixed signals from the southern hemisphere on direction of travel for dairy markets.
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Aidan Brennan says that higher milk prices and improved profitability in 2025 is likely to increase the level of investment by dairy farmers in equipment and facilities
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Aidan Brennan looks back at dairy commodity prices over the last year and says that the performance of butter has been noteworthy.
The latest Global Dairy Trade auction recorded a drop of 2.8%, with powders falling by the largest amount, writes Aidan Brennan.
Butter prices took a big fall this week, as demand for the product dropped on the back of Christmas orders filled, writes Aidan Brennan.
In-calf heifers from dams with high percentages of milk solids were making a premium at the annual dairy sale in Corrin Mart last week.
Whole milk powder took a leap forward at the Global Dairy Trade auction, but butter and cheese dropped in all markets.
Ornua CEO Conor Galvin was speaking at the ICMSA’s AGM at the Radisson in Limerick on Monday 2 December.
High milk volumes with high constituents and an increase in milk price have all helped to boost October milk cheques, writes Aidan Brennan.
There were reductions in price for butter, cheese and whole milk powder in the European spot markets this week, writes Aidan Brennan.
