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Longer reads from The Dairy Mail on markets, trade, policy, ownership and where value is moving. Filter by topic.
The largest untapped margin on most dairy sites is not a new product but the value already leaving as effluent, heat and yield loss; the first commercial act is to measure it.
20 August 2026
2026 will not be the recovery year the sector expected but the year that resets it, splitting shoppers into clearer tiers and leaving mainstream Cheddar the most exposed.
27 April 2026
Energy from waste is moving from a compliance cost to a resilience asset; the dairies that run digestion as a business line, not a bolt-on, hedge energy price and carbon at the same time.
19 August 2026
Acid whey is a business-model failure, not a technical one; the value is real but stranded until processors design for a saleable co-product rather than a disposal problem.
18 August 2026
Integrated ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis let processors recover high-value whey protein while returning most process water to the plant.
16 June 2026
UK and Irish producers who commit whey-processing capex before 2028 will capture premium margin for a decade, while those still exporting raw whey watch the value accrue elsewhere.
24 April 2026
As GLP-1 users prioritise nutritional density, dairy's high-quality protein becomes a real advantage if the sector repositions its messaging.
13 March 2026
Ireland's whey advantage in functional nutrition rests on value extraction over volume, and sustaining it demands relentless investment in processing, research and talent.
13 January 2026
Irish dairy's climate reckoning is painful, but verified low-carbon production could turn sustainability into a defensible premium export advantage.
6 January 2026
Constrained by tightening environmental limits, Irish dairy must build strategy around value, speciality products and verified sustainability rather than more volume.
11 December 2025
With volume up 29.4% and value up 26.2%, cottage cheese offers UK retailers, foodservice operators and artisan producers a rare simultaneous growth opportunity.
5 November 2025
Independent ICDA recognition gives Fonterra's grass-fed dairy the provenance and quality proof to win premium UK retail and foodservice listings post-FTA.
17 October 2025
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Events
Cork · 3 & 4 March 2027
Relevant to
Technical & Processing, Leadership & Strategy, Commercial & Sales, Artisan & SME
Why attend
Two days at the heart of one of the world's great dairy industries: processing, cooperative leadership and policy, opened by an evening of networking, cheese and whiskey.
London · October 2027
Relevant to
Leadership & Strategy, Commercial & Sales, Marketing & Brand, Retail & Foodservice
Why attend
One evening, one panel, five questions. The things the industry keeps arguing about, put to the people who decide them.
GROW by Dairy Connect
GROW starts with a fact-finding workshop with the people who know the product, the numbers and the ambition. Then it says plainly whether the constraint is commercial, technical, operational or brand.
GROW
Define the opportunity, understand the customer and focus resources on the channels and activity most likely to produce a commercial return.
GROW
Test whether the product, pricing, packaging, capacity and commercial model are ready for the opportunity the business wants to pursue.
GROW
Prepare the product and business for entry into UK and EU markets, including positioning, documentation, commercial expectations and route-to-market planning.
Nine roles, each with its own route. Or tell us what you are trying to solve and we will point you to the right people.
