UK dairy companies Freshways Dairy, based in Acton, and Medina Dairy, based in Windsor, have confirmed they have agreed to merge to become Medina Freshways Ltd.
The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) has confirmed the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has given consent to a2MC’s proposed acquisition of a 75% interest in Mataura Valley Milk (MVM), a dairy nutrition business, located in Southland, New Zealand.
Ice cream and dairy production and distribution group Food Union has announced investments in renewable energy to power ice cream and dairy operations in the Baltics and Norway.
On the podcast this week we have conversations with Change Foods founder and CEO, David Bucca; Mark Robert, technical director, food & beverage solutions, Tate & Lyle; and Peter Lamb, COO of Adventa Bioscience.
US headquartered Hyzon Motors Inc., a global supplier of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, has delivered its first 55-ton milk truck to Transport Groep Noord, a carrier providing transport for multinational dairy company Royal...
We have conversations with Oscar Zollman Thomas, Formo’s lead researcher; Sumathi Manjunath, digital infrastructure & sustainability director at Danone Specialized Nutrition; and PACCOR CEO, Andreas Schuette.
Kerry has announced the completion of the acquisition of Biosearch Life, a biotechnology company focused on providing solutions for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and functional food sectors.
The Canadian government has announced investments of more than C$4.5m (US$3.6m) to three projects that will help boost production for Quebec dairy processors in the region of Lac-Saint-Jean.
Danone’s specialized nutrition plant in Poços de Caldas in Brazil, which produces milk formula and medical nutrition products, is the company’s first production site in the world to meet its sustainability goals across three environmental areas of carbon,...
The Hershey Company, Land O'Lakes, Inc., and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay have partnered to implement on-farm management practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
This week our guests on the podcast are Jeff Doucette, general manager of Field Agent Canada; Gil de Cardenas, CEO of Cacique; and Dr Arie Abo, PhD, co-founder of Imagindairy.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and long-term financial partner Hamkorbank are financially contributing to the development of the dairy sector in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan responsible for the production of nearly 10%...
Italian donkey milk company Eurolactis Italia Srl CEO Pierluigi Orunesu was invited to speak by videoconference to Italy’s Agriculture and Food Production Senate Chamber about the product.
China Youran Dairy Group Limited, China's largest integrated upstream dairy player by revenue, debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, June 18, 2021.
Farmer owned dairy co-operative Arla Foods will build a commercial dairy farm in Northern Nigeria where it will also train and support up to 1,000 local dairy farmers as part of its long term commitment to public private partnerships that support the...
Yili Group will attend the 14th Global Dairy Congress and as the only invited enterprise from China’s dairy industry. On June 22, assistant president Dr Zhanyou Yun from Yili Group will deliver a keynote speech of “Driving Innovation and Branding.”
Finnish food company Valio and energy company St1 are establishing a joint venture to produce renewable biogas from dairy farm manure and other agricultural by-products mainly as fuel for heavy-duty transport.
There are three interviews, and four guests on the podcast this week. We have conversations with Climate Neutral CEO Austin Whitman; Nicky Jackson, CEO of RangeMe; and, from Tetra Pak, Frederik Wellendorph, vice president liquid food, and Alejandro Cabal,...
Despite all the unexpected challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Germany’s largest dairy cooperative DMK Group said 2020 was a stable fiscal year.
Valio Group net sales in 2020 were €1.808bn (US$2.2bn), up 1.2% on the previous year. Domestic net sales decreased by 0.9%, and international net sales rose 4.3%.
US based Ronin Equity Partners has acquired three specialty cheese companies: Red Apple Cheese, which produces smoked, flavored, and kosher specialty cheeses; Barron County Cheese, a smoker and co-packer for the specialty cheese industry; and Cheese Brothers,...
California organic dairy company Straus Family Creamery has moved its production plant from its home of 27 years in Marshall to a new facility in Rohnert Park.
Dairy company Müller has invited applications for its Müller Advantage Next Generation initiative, which will help to develop and enhance the skills of 25 young UK farmers to build sustainable and profitable dairy businesses.
Mancini’s of Ayr, in Scotland, has been voted the best ice cream manufacturer in the UK at the National Ice Cream Championships 2021 run by the Ice Cream Alliance, the sector’s UK trade association.
Cacique, LLC – a privately-owned Hispanic foods company and maker of Mexican-style cheeses, cremas and chorizos in the US – has officially broken ground on an $88m dairy processing facility in Amarillo, Texas.
Westland Dairy Company in New Zealand said its Hokitika plant no longer discharges highly treated wastewater into the Hokitika River following the completion of a NZ$26m (US$18.6m) ocean outfall pipeline after commissioning of the project on May 3.
We have conversations with Pieter Limburg from Mobilo; Sejal Ravji, director of Pascual Innoventures; and Rob Rogers, senior advisor food safety & regulations of Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection.
Following heavy rainfall, which resulted in severe flooding in the region, and a state of local emergency in New Zealand’s Canterbury region, Synlait Milk Limited said a small team has operated Synlait Dunsandel over the past 36 hours to ensure the facility...
Taste and nutrition company Kerry and Concern Worldwide, the Irish humanitarian organization, say through their three-year-long partnership in Niger, nearly 500 farmers have been trained over the last year, resulting in improvements including clean water...
Müller Milk & Ingredients and Lidl GB have confirmed details of a new fixed price offer available to Müller Direct farmers (farmers who supply conventional or organic milk directly to Müller, excluding farmers in an aligned milk pool).
