Dairy Farmers

Watch: Dairy farmers 'mourn' Israeli agriculture

Group of dairy farmers mounts protest near Finance Ministry and Knesset, reciting Kaddish prayer for Israeli agriculture.

Dairy farmers spill milk on main highway

Dairy farmers protest Finance Ministry's proposed reform, clash with police during highway demonstration.

After the threat: Dairy farmers back down

Hours after the Ministry of Finance announced that Minister Smotrich intends to cancel tariffs in the dairy sector due to the shortage of milk, the dairy farmers suspend their strike.

Milkpocalypse

Supermarket chains begin limiting dairy purchases

Retailers cap milk and cheese sales as supply disruptions from dairy farmers’ strike and public panic buying strain stocks nationwide.

To protest reforms:

Dairy farmers to stop supplying milk

Producers warn the overhaul will devastate local farming as Smotrich says a milk halt would expose the failures of centralized control.

25 cows killed:

Rocket strikes dairy farm in northern Israel

Moshe Cohen's dairy farm in Beit She'arim took a direct hit in an early-morning missile barrage on northern Israel; 25 cows were killed, and the farm itself suffered severe damage.

Shortage on the way?

Major dairy farm says it will shutter operations

Israel's fifth-largest dairy farm says it will immediately shutter operations if talks with bank do not succeed.

Prices of supervised dairy products to rise by almost 5 percent

Agreement reached between gov't & Dairy Council, averting price increases of 14 percent.

Government to cancel import taxes on butter

Economy Ministry recommends removing quotas, canceling taxes, on imported butter.

#MILKTOO: Dairy farmers protest government

Dozens of dairy farmers post early morning hour videos telling of great difficulty in their work and their meager recompense.

Agreement signed to reduce milk prices

Historical agreement between milk producers and Ministries of Agriculture and Treasury aims to gradually reduce milk prices through imports.

Cow Kicks Man, Moderately Wounds Him

Kung-fu cow? 32-year-old dairy farmer receives a direct bovine kick to the chest, sending him to hospital with painful wounds.

The Dairy Industry: Fewer Farms, but More Milk

Israeli dairy production per capita one of the highest worldwide, according to Agriculture Ministry report.