LivestockLactalis stays first at USD 40.2 billion, Arla climbs to fourth after its DMK merger, and the US co-op Dairy Farmers of America could take second place with a small acquisition.
AgribusinessThe farm cooperative's minority investment in Wabash Valley Resources unlocks the first advance on a US Department of Energy loan for a West Terre Haute facility due to start commercial operation in 2029.
CropsThe co-op's Barry Cavanaugh advised well-drained loam fields, planting from 20 May to 10 June, early weed control and gentle harvesting at about 18% moisture, starting with 35 to 45 acres.
AgribusinessThe Philippine Department of Agriculture has agreed 605 farm-to-market road projects worth PHP9.06bn in northern Luzon and is exploring a deal with DALI Everyday Grocery, which runs 1,403 stores, to buy directly from farmer cooperatives.
LivestockNew Zealand meat cooperative Alliance plans a dividend and supply rebate worth up to $20 million in late 2026, with up to $20 million more next year subject to livestock flows.
On International Coffee Day, FAO describes how washing stations in Rwanda and a reformed cooperative in Kenya's Baringo County are raising the quality of smallholder coffee and the earnings that come with it.
OpinionSeriti Institute's farm programme lead says the hub near Durban trained 697 people and 171 farmers, but its real test is what farmers, cooperatives and markets can keep going once the partners leave.
AgribusinessHamilton-based Dairy Goat Co-operative has partnered with US agribusiness investor AGR Partners for long-term growth capital, while its farmers keep 100 percent ownership.
AgribusinessThe dairy co-operative's FY2026 results show NZ$2.6bn after-tax profit, a NZ$9.69/kgMS milk price and record volumes, and it will invest an extra NZ$1bn in South Island protein manufacturing.
AgribusinessIsis Central Sugar Mill in Queensland, which takes cane from about 200 growers, has an in-principle deal for a state loan capped at $9m and wants Canberra to match it.
The farmer-owned cooperative's Evansville plant, due for completion in autumn 2028, will process 80 million bushels a year into about a billion pounds of oil and two million tons of meal, employ around 80 people and lift CHS's soybean crushing capacity by more than two-thirds on top of its Fairmont
A year after 19 members, 18 of them women, were trained in fish processing, the Mean Chey cooperative in Prey Veng buys 100 kg of pangasius a month and makes 200,000 to 300,000 riels in monthly profit from fermented fish.
LivestockAyelech Tarekegn Mekebo started with one local cow in 2006; in March 2026 the World Bank reported that she supplies about 20 litres of milk a day to her cooperative at 80 Birr a litre.
