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Fabrice Cavallin, Nestlé’s managing director, donating a mini cooler to a Sri Lankan Nestlé dairy farmer. Pic: Nestlé

Nestlé helping Sri Lankan dairy farmers

By Jim Cornall

In Sri Lanka, Nestlé has facilitated the first commercial silage enterprise in the North Western Province, to help dairy farmers in the region have uninterrupted access to feed and improve the quality and supply of local milk.

Arla has set a goal to have 10% of all retail sales across core European markets come from e-commerce. Pic: Arla Foods

Arla Foods to supercharge sales in E-commerce

By Jim Cornall

Arla is fast tracking its plans to become European dairy market leader for e-commerce and aims to double its sales via its customers’ online platforms to €600m ($729m) across Europe.

Unilever is launching new products in the US through its Breyers, Good Humor, Klondike, Magnum Ice Cream, Popsicle and Talenti brands. Pics; Unilever

New US ice cream launches from Unilever

By Jim Cornall

Unilever is launching a variety of new frozen treats in the US with its Breyers, Good Humor, Klondike, Magnum Ice Cream, Popsicle and Talenti brands.

Some of the Iögo, Iögo Nanö and Olympic brand products. Pic: Lactalis

Lactalis Canada buying Agropur's Canadian yogurt business

By Jim Cornall

Lactalis Canada Inc., formerly Parmalat Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Lactalis Group, has reached an agreement with Agropur Cooperative to acquire all shares of its Canadian yogurt business, Ultima Foods Inc.

The intended closure of the Genk location, with the loss of 211 jobs, is expected at the end of 2021. Pic: FrieslandCampina

FrieslandCampina to close Belgian cheese facility

By Jim Cornall

Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina said it is restructuring its cheese packaging activities and intends to close its location in Genk, Belgium, with the loss of 211 jobs.

Nestlé Brazil’s NESCAU beverage range will be available with SIG’s renewable and recyclable paper straw solution. Pic: SIG

Nestlé Brazil introduces SIG paper straws on NESCAU carton packs

By Jim Cornall

In partnership with SIG, a Swiss-headquartered systems and solutions provider for aseptic carton packaging, Nestlé Brazil’s complete NESCAU beverage range is now available in SIG’s combiblocMini carton packs with SIG’s renewable and recyclable paper straw...

The benefit is now available to all the company’s 5,700 US employees.  Pic: Danone North America

Danone expands parental leave in US

By Jim Cornall

Danone North America, the world’s largest Certified B Corp, has announced it is expanding its gender-neutral Parental Bonding Leave policy to its manufacturing employees, enabling them to take up to 18 weeks’ paid time off after the birth or adoption...

Dairy Dialog podcast 107: Tate & Lyle, Kerry, NZMP.  Pics: Tate & Lyle; Getty Images/jchizhe; Getty Images/mel-nik

Dairy Dialog podcast 107: Tate & Lyle, Kerry, NZMP

By Jim Cornall

This week on the Dairy Dialog podcast, we have three interviews alongside our regular look at the global dairy markets, with Liam Fenton at StoneX. Our guests are Kavita Karnik, Tate & Lyle VP of global nutrition and open innovation; Aaron Fanning,...

Fonterra switched its Te Awamutu site to wood pellets, which will reduce coal use by almost 10%. Pic: Fonterra

Fonterra publishes 2020 Sustainability Report

By Jim Cornall

Fonterra said it has achieved its most encouraging sustainability results since starting annual reporting four years ago, but insists it is staying focused on what still needs to be done to reach its long-term targets.

At a price of NZ$6.80, more than NZ$10bn (US$6.6bn) will flow into regional New Zealand. Pic: Getty Images/brians101

Chinese demand boosts Fonterra milk price

By Jim Cornall

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has increased the mid-point of its forecast Farmgate Milk Price range to NZ$6.80 (US$4.49) per kgMS, from NZ$6.40 (US$4.22) per kgMS, while retaining its current +/-50c per kgMS range.

FRISO TrackEasy takes parents through the processes of milk collection, packaging, final quality checks and more. Pic: FRISO

FRISO first brand in Singapore to enable formula milk tracking

By Jim Cornall

FRISO, a brand of Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina, has launched FRISO TrackEasy in Singapore, an industry-first smart packaging innovation that enables parents to experience the journey of FRISO's formula milk, starting from farms to Singapore.

Nestlé is the first of what the US dairy community hopes will be many partners joining the Net Zero Initiative.  Pic: Nestlé

US dairy introduces Net Zero Initiative

By Jim Cornall

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy has unveiled the Net Zero Initiative, an industry-wide effort intended to help US dairy farms of all sizes and geographies implement new technologies and adopt economically viable practices.

Upon receipt of the information, farmers will focus on implementing solutions to help reduce emissions. Pic: Getty Images/brians101

Fonterra farmers receive GHG profiles

By Jim Cornall

Over the last few days, Fonterra farmers have been receiving unique greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions profiles for their farms - the first time such a tool has been introduced in New Zealand at scale. The profiles form part of a farm environmental report...

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Danone to sell stake in Yakult

By Jim Cornall

French-headquartered dairy giant Danone said today that in accordance with its focus on capital allocation discipline and balance sheet strength, the company is selling its 6.61% stake in the Japanese company Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

Fonterra said it expects to use the proceeds from the two transactions to pay down debt, as part of its debt reduction program. Pic: Getty Images/Inzyx

Fonterra sells China farms

By Jim Cornall

Fonterra has agreed to sell its China farms for NZ$555m (US$368.9m), after successfully developing the farms alongside local partners.

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