Global dairy in conflict of rising demand vs pressure to cut C02

Dairy farmers all over the globe are facing into a year of unpredictable milk prices. The global pressure on the sector to reduce carbon emissions is just one factor among many impacting global milk prices, as Stephen Cadogan reports

The Dutch farmer organisations point out that farmers need assurances of a viable future farming business model, but their trust in government assurances is low, so they are unlikely to invest in increasing production.

Even as some parts of the world worry about a shortage of milk and dairy products, governments in other regions are actively trying to reduce dairy farming. 

That is the unprecedented market situation facing the Irish dairy industry, which exports more than 1.7 million tonnes of product to more than 130 countries.