Ukraine Raw milk production is at level of previous year
In October, raw milk market of Ukraine entered real autumn season. Production is decreasing and the prices are growing.
Despite Russian ban and decreased production of cheeses in comparison with previous year, a shortage of raw milk is felt.
Milk production is at level of previous year: for nine months all categories of farms produced 8 852.2 ths tonnes of milk which was 0.7% more than in Jan-Sept 2013.
At the same monthly production was lower than in September 2013.
Number of cows also decreased: as of October 1 it made 2.44 mio heads, 2.3% lower than a year ago.
Deliveries for processing in Jan-Sept were 3.9% increased in comparison with the same period of 2013, but generally due to volumes delivered in first half of the year.