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The United States Department of Agriculture reported this afternoon that December milk production was 0.5% across the country, and up 0.9% in the top 23 dairy producing states. Cow numbers in December were down 49,000 head compared to a year ago, and down 3,000 head from November. For the year, U.S. milk production totaled 217.5 billion pounds, a 0.9% increase over 2017. That’s despite the fact that cow numbers are on the decline. For the year, U.S. cow numbers...

The government of Belarus is demanding to accelerate introduction of market mechanisms for the raw milk trade. The order for the implementation of a pilot project for the milk exchange trade was given by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Alexander Turchin on February 13 at&nbs...

If you find yourself strolling through a market in Central New York in early March, there’s a good chance you might come across glass bottles of green milk. There’s no need to call the health inspector: This seasonal drink is flavored with mint and colored for the upcoming Saint Patrick’s Day holiday. Byrne Dairy, a producer based in Syracuse, has been making the mint milk since 1976. It starts appearing in Byrne’s own line of convenience stores and a few indepen...

Purchase prices for milk in January showed a slight decrease. This is due to sluggish export trade. Export-oriented processors and traders are still working to conclude new contracts. This was reported by analyst of Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine (AMP) Yana Muzychenko. As a result, the average price for Extra Grade milk in January was...

In the market of real cheeses, the situation is relatively stable, while producers of cheese products are experiencing difficulties due to the ban of import schemes for this product introduced by Belarus. It is quite possible that the plants specializing in the production of cheese products and affected by the ban will try to try to switch to production of r...

The Rosselkhoznadzor and the veterinary service of Belarus will consider the current restrictions on mutual food supplies by March 1. This was reported in the press service of Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Gordeev. «The parties agreed that the Rosselkhoznadzor together with the veterinary service of the Republic of Belarus will consider in detail the existing mutual restrictions on the...

Heat in Australia is generating wildfires, dust storms, power outages. Feed is getting harder to find, poorer quality and more expensive. Some dairy producers are having great difficulty getting enough water to cows. Australian seasonal milk production in the first 5 months of the dairy season 2018−19 is -4.9% from July-November 2017. In November there was a decrease of -7.8%, i...

Chinese dairy imports continue to grow: 2018 ended with an increase of +7.8% in volume and +14.5% in value. Regarding the political situation between Beijing and Washington, the tensions on tariffs slow down dairy exports from North America to China, with a decrease in milk equivalent th...

In contrast to the two previous years, production of casein is no longer profitable. And not only because of the winter season. The market is changing in favor of using skim milk to produce SMP, which, unlike casein, is more expensive. Comparison of the economy of production of SMP and casein shows that the price of the latter should be about 5700 USD/t. If importers do not revise their pricing pol...

1. Forecast of milk production The impact of prolonged drought in Northwest Europe in 2018 will have an impact on milk production, even in the first half of 2019. The volume of production...