The United Kingdom exported in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter of 2019 in value more than 90 percent less milk and cream and two third less cheese to the EU.
The Northern Ireland headquartered dairy cooperative Dale Farm has signed a contract with the Denmark headquartered dairy cooperative Arla to supply whey protein concentrate for Arla’s global ingredients business in particular it will be used as an ingredient in infant formula and consumer health ingredients.
Denmark exported in 2020 dairy products with a value of exactly Danish Crone DKK 19.9 billion (19*9) or 2,67 billion euro. The money has especially been paid for 400 million kilogram of cheese, but also for 50 million kilogram of butter, almost 200 million kilogram of milk powder and preserves and just over 100 million kilogram of drink milk products.
The Denmark headquartered dairy cooperative Arla has issued its first green bonds. Arla has set an ambitious science-based climate target of reducing CO2e emissions by 30% in 2030 and has an ambition of becoming carbon net zero by 2050. With a strong focus on sustainability across the entire value chain, Arla is exploring all opportunities to reduce its CO2e footprint and improve its green handprint. Now, investors can support the transition by purchasing green bonds issued by Arla. Arla has successfully issued a floating rate green bond at the Swedish bond market in Swedish kronor on May 7 2021 at a credit margin of 0,68%. The 148 million euro proceeds from Arla’s green bonds will be allocated to green investments within the cooperative.
In Finland the biggest dairy cooperative 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. The company to be established is targeting up to 1000 GWh (1 terawatt-hour) of biogas production by 2030; this amount is one third of the biogas needed for Finland’s fossil-free transport roadmap.
In Austria in 2020 a number of 25782 farms supplied milk to processors. This is 3.9 percent farms less than in 2019. Together they supplied 3.384 million tonnes milk. This was 0.2 percent more than in 2019. Average farm supplied 131000 kilogram milk which was 4.3 percent more than in 2019. A number of 11258 farms supplied more than 100000 kilogram milk, 693 farms supplied more than 500000 kilogram milk. Of the supplied milk 19 percent was organic milk, from 6631 farms, which was 26 percent of all farms. This were nine percent more farms than in 2019. The number of dairy cows was in 2020 524800 head which was about the same as in 2019.
In Italy recorded Holstein Friesian cows produced in 2020 average 10386 kilogram milk with 3.79 percent fat and 3.35 percent protein. This was almost 300 kilogram milk more, with equal solids, than in the previous year.
Furthermore, in 2020 the number of recorded Holstein Friesian cows was 1107536 head which was 28000 more than in 2019.
In Germany in May compared to April 2021 the raw material or compound value of milk at farm increased 0.8 eurocent to 37.0 eurocent per kilogram milk with 4.0 percent fat and 3.4 percent protein (exclusive VAT). This is 11.2 eurocent more than in the same month last year.
The highest future price of milk for the next 18 months on the Kieler Börsenmilchwert European Energy Exchange is the price for June 2021 at 38.4 eurocent. The lowest future price is the price for January, February, March 2022 at 36.8 eurocent.
In the southern German state Bavaria the minister of agriculture has announced a ban on export of cattle to non-EU countries, because of animal welfare problems.
In the southern German state Bavaria the minister of agriculture has announced to increase the subsidy dairy farmers can get when they change the cattle housing system from tied barns to a loose house system from 30 to 40 percent of the investment. This with the aim to a future ban on tied barns. In Bavaria around 14000 dairy cows are housed in tied barns.
In the northern German state Lower Saxony the minister of agriculture has for forbidden the export of 528 pregnant dairy heifers to Morocco. This because Morocco cannot meet the German national animal welfare requirements, according to the minister.
The Germany headquartered family-owned international dairy company Ehrmann has bought from the Holland headquartered dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina RFC’s Russian subsidiary Campina LLC. After completion of the transaction, Ehrmann will be 100 percent owner of Campina LLC with its 650 employees, and, including all assets and contractual obligations. Ehrmann will manage the dairy production in Stupino (Moscow region), and develop the established brands Fruttis® and Nezhny®. Ehrmann had already processing locations in several countries, 2400 employees and sales in 70 countries.
In Belgium in 2020 the turnover of the dairy processing industry increased 10 percent to 5.35 billion (10*9) euro. In Belgium in 2020 investments in dairy processing industry increased 18 percent to 137 million euro, after an increase in 2019 of 32 percent. The number of jobs increase in 2020 three percent. Since 2015 the employment increased 15 percent.
In Belgium a study of the Flemish ILVO institute shows that average the production of one kilogram is related to 1.02 kilogram CO2 equivalent emission. Main emission is related to the rumen (41%), produced and bought feed (36%) and storage of manure (19%).
In Belgium research of the Flemish ILVO institute shows that heifers that are kept separate from older cows produce up to nine percent more milk. This is caused by that the separate group heifers have less stress, spend nine percent more time on eating and take in 12 percent more feed than heifers in a group with older cows.
In Holland from 2016 till 2020 organic dairy farms had average an ammonia exhaust of 41 kilogram per hectare compared to 59 kilogram average per hectare on regular dairy farms.
In Holland an analyses of the accountancy agency Flynth shows that dairy farms with more than 100 cows average make a two eurocent per kilogram milk higher gross margin than farms with less than 100 cows.
In Holland, two scientists related to dairy institutes state that the CO2 footprint of cow dairy protein is lower than that of vegetable protein. This is among others caused by that dairy protein has a higher quality and that humans for body maintenance need less of it compared to vegetable protein of for example soy, oats, peas and almond.
The Dutch parliament has passed a law that says that that animal housing has to be adapted to animals and that it is not allowed to adapt animals to their housing. This means that it will be forbidden to dehorn cattle.
