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Dairy Trends: GDT surges ahead by 6.7%

The increase in the Global Dairy Trade index by 6.7% caught most commentators off guard in a welcome sign of some market recovery.

MARKETS 4 February 2026

Dairy Trends: GDT surges ahead by 6.7%

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Prices rise at Global Dairy Trade auction

Prices rise at Global Dairy Trade auction

NEWS 6 January 2026

European dairy commodities drop to four-year low

European dairy commodities drop to four-year low

NORTHERN IRELAND 10 December 2025

Market Digest: stories from around the world

Market Digest: stories from around the world

Market Digest: stories from around the world

WORLD 3 December 2025

GDT index continues to fall – down 4.3% at latest auction

GDT index continues to fall – down 4.3% at latest auction

GDT index continues to fall – down 4.3% at latest auction

NEWS 2 December 2025

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Dairy Trends: more price cuts for butter on European market

Dairy Trends: more price cuts for butter on European market

Butter prices have dropped again this week on the European spot market, reports Aidan Brennan.

MARKETS 3 September 2025

GDT slides another 3% in its third-biggest drop since June

GDT slides another 3% in its third-biggest drop since June

The last seven GDT auctions have witnessed price declines, with Tuesday's trading event marking the steepest decline since June.

NEWS 3 September 2025

A tour of the largest milk drying facility in Europe

A tour of the largest milk drying facility in Europe

Daire Cregg reports from a recent visit to Lakeland Dairies Bailieborough plant where they process one billion litres of milk annually.

DAIRY DAY 3 September 2025

GDT index down at six consecutive auctions

GDT index down at six consecutive auctions

The last time the index as a whole rose was on 5 August 2025.

NEWS 3 September 2025

GDT index down 1.4% at latest auction

GDT index down 1.4% at latest auction

The index linked to the fortnightly trade event has not risen since the beginning of August this year.

NEWS 3 September 2025

Dairy Trends: GDT auction drops by 4.3% as buyers hold off

Dairy Trends: GDT auction drops by 4.3% as buyers hold off

Disappointing outcome from the GDT auction this week shows that the index dropped by 4.3%, writes Aidan Brennan.

MARKETS 3 September 2025

Editorial: perhaps GDT not best measure of global powder prices

Editorial: perhaps GDT not best measure of global powder prices

Is it a case that the GDT auction is no longer the best barometer of global powder prices?

EDITORIAL 3 September 2025

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Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Ryan Bole is part of J Wilson Contracts in Co Antrim. Available for all kinds of work from slurry to reseeding, sowing to silage, today they are ploughing for potatoes with two Amazone ploughs.

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

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