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Recent dairy price movements and September’s milk production report has created some angst among dairy economists. «I'm about as confused about the direction of these numbers as I’ve ever been,» says Mark Stephenson, a University of Wisconsin dairy economist. Bob Cropp,...

In January-August 2019, the volume of raw milk production in the CIS countries amounted to 40.4 million tons, which is 0.6% more than in the corresponding period of 2018, says the report of the Dairy Intelligence Agency (DIA). Milk production in Armenia (-4.7%), Belarus (-0.3%), Moldova (-7.8%) and Ukraine (-3.5%) decreased compared to January-August 2018. Production growth was observed in Azerbaijan (+1.5%),...

The production volume of agricultural products in Belarus in farms of all categories amounted to 15.2 billion Belarusian ruble in January-September 2019 at current prices, which in comparable prices is 1.2% more than in January-September last year, says the message of the National Statistics Committee (Belstat). The agricultural organizations produced products worth 12.5 billion Belarusian rubles (growth of 2%). According to the Statistics Committee, the farms of all categories produced 1 mi...

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has updated the land market bill No. 2178-10, which could become a major land reform implementation in Ukraine. According to the document, foreigners will be granted access to the land market from 2024 onwards.   This is stated in the exclusive material of AgroPolit.com. The document is an...

The ongoing rise in prices of raw milk makes cheese makers to further increase prices for their products.   In September, cheese sales slightly increased, but not enough to regularly increase prices and not take into account noticeable increase in imports of cheap European cheese. In October, some large...

In the first half of September, raw milk prices resumed their growth. This is reported by Volodymyr Andriyets, an analyst of the Association of Milk Producers. As of September 18, Extra Grade milk went up by 0.30 UAH and r...

Thousands of adults across Britain admit they struggle to understand all of the labels on food and drink packaging, resulting in many binning perfectly good produce, new research* has revealed. A poll of 2,000 adults* by Arla Foods found there was uncertainty across the board, with the difference between «best before' and «use by' dates, as well as&nbs...

Half of Ukraine’s population believes that a person should have the right to sell their land freely.  This can be seen from the results of a poll conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. 28% of Ukrainians (and 33% of land owners) do not support the right to sell land.  Another 21% of Ukrainians do not have their own opinion on this. Among the urban residents 51% support t...

Fonterra has maintained its current forecast farmgate milk price for the season, however has flagged some risks in the international dairy market. In a statement, the dairy co-op's Chairman, John Monaghan said it had reviewed the 2019/2020 forecast in line with obligations under the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA)...

In January-June, Belarus sold $ 1.1 billion worth of dairy products abroad. This figure was named by the head of the main department of foreign economic activity of the Ministry of Agriculture, Alexei Bogdanov. «The supply of dairy products increased by 12.6% in monetary terms. A total of $ 1.1 billion was sold. In weight terms, exports amounted to 1.15 million tons o...