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Dairy Trends: Butter increases but powder and cheese falls
Aidan Brennan
There was mixed news on the dairy scene this week with increases for butter but a drop in price for cheese and milk powders.
16 April 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: dairy markets - Ornua boringly good or lacking a spark?
For years we have been talking about sweating the Kerrygold brand more – extending it, scaling it, and reinventing it.
16 April 2025 Markets
Dairy Trends: GDT index increases by 1.6%
The good news from the Global Dairy Trade auction was somewhat subdued by further price drops for key products in Europe.
Butter wars in the US
The Dealer was bemused to see the Minister for Agriculture promoting both Kerrygold and Truly Grass Fed butter on his recent trade mission to the US.
16 April 2025 Dealer
Kerrygold optimism reigns at Ornua
Co-op executives say that product’s unique proposition helps maintain consumer demand.
16 April 2025 News
Ornua reports increased profit on flat turnover in 2024
Processor provided value payment of €72.8m to member co-ops during the year.
16 April 2025 News
Global Dairy Trade index rises at latest auction
In total, five products increased in price while two fell at the auction where 16,718 swapped hands amongst 181 participating bidders.
15 April 2025 News
Dairy Trends: tariff tensions playing part in subdued market
The impact of tariffs is dampening sentiment in the dairy markets across Europe, writes Aidan Brennan.
9 April 2025 Markets
The risks from Trump’s tariffs are everywhere
It’s not just butter and whiskey that will be hit by Trump’s trade policies
9 April 2025 News
New Zealand’s trade ethos similar to that of Europe
Hamish Marr, New Zealand’s special agricultural trade envoy, is a fifth-generation mixed arable farmer from Methven in the South Island of New Zealand. He met with Jack Kennedy this week.
9 April 2025 News
Trump pauses tariffs for 90 days
Trump made the move, he said, based on the fact that more than 75 countries have called representatives of the US to negotiate a solution to his tariff plan and because they have not retaliated.
9 April 2025 News
Milk intake down 24m litres in a year - CSO
The latest CSO milk statistics report showed that milk processors and co-ops took in 327.7m litres in February 2025, a 6.9% decrease compared with the same month last year.
7 April 2025 News