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• All prices up in latest GDT

  The 17 April Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event concluded with the auction’s first positive result since 6 February, with the overall price index up 2.7%. All products on offer had positive changes in price index. 18 April 2018

• EU milk delivery growth for 2018 despite falls in the EU dairy herd

  In their latest short-term outlook, the European Commission (EC) forecast further decline to the EU dairy herd in 2018, but at a slower rate. As of December 2017, there was a 1% decline in the number of dairy cows compared to the period last year, although this was inconsistent across Member States. Of note, in the Netherlands there was a 7% drop in cow numbers whereas in Ireland there was a 4% increase 17 April 2018

• UK catching up on processor investment

  The UK dairy industry has invested more in processing over the last few years than other main milk producing countries of the EU. According to analysis undertaken by Promar for AHDB, since the end of quotas, major investment* in processing in the UK has surpassed €500m. 16 April 2018