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The only certainty is that Chinese imports of dairy products are increasing. Import updates from official Chinese sources have not yet been released. The official import figures are limited to the first quarter of this year and show an increase by 15.3% y-o-y, with interesting rises for Bulk and Packaged Milk, Whole Milk Powder...

On June 19, 2018, the 11th meeting of Joint Ukrainian-Israeli Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation took place in Jerusalem under the co-chairmanship of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and the Minister for Environment, Minister for Jerusalem and Heritage of the State of Israel Zeev Elkin. During the meeting, the sides discussed and agreed upon many topics of mutual interest, particularly in the area of trade and investment, agriculture and water management, energy and co...

According to the regional data from April 1, 2018, the preparation and implementation of 333 investment projects in Ukrainian agro-industrial complex with the total value of almost 35 billion UAH is ongoing. The largest number of such projects is implemented in Cherkasy (40 projects), Poltava (39 projects), Vinnytsia (36 projects) and Lviv (36 projects) oblasts. The cost of projects va...

In January-April 2018, the foreign trade turnover of agrarian and food products between Ukraine and European Union countries increased by almost 14% compared to the same period last year and amounted to $2.8 billion. At the same time, agricultural exports to the EU countries during this time grew by $145 million compared with 2017 and amounted to $1.9 billion. Th...

In June, the raw milk market in Ukraine got balanced: prices for farmers' raw milk ceased to decline. Prices for milk purchased from rural households were revised only at the beginning of the month. It is evident, that that the price of raw milk in this calendar year has reached the bottom. At the beginning of 2018, in its monthly Milk Prices Report, Infagro...

This is the time of year with seasonally lower milk production in Australia. It offers an opportunity for easier plant maintenance and repairs without interfering with milk flows. Winter is setting in and substantial rain has recently fallen in Australia. While the rainfall is welcome in bringing moisture to dry soil, the persistent rain is no...

Temperatures dropped in Argentina, increasing the comfort of cows, and farmgate milk prices remain relatively high, inspiring farmers to produce more: milk deliveries in April 2018 have been +9.11% higher than April 2017 and +11.33% higher than April 2016. It is reported that large milk producers with the capacity of economies of scale continue acquiring sma...

Ukrainian cheese makers, especially those producing cheese products have the reason to worry. The schemes for exporting cheese products are collapsing and selling the products by another schemes is unprofitable because of the very low price. Therefore, production of the cheese products will have reduced, and the excess milk redirected to the low-cost drying. At the same time, manufacturers of cheeses do not fee...

The ACCC has released the final report arising from its dairy inquiry, which includes our key recommendation that a mandatory code of conduct be implemented to improve contracting practices between dairy processors and farmers. The inquiry was initiated by Treasurer Scott Morrison, in response to large and retrospective reductions in milk prices imposed by two major dairy processors in April 201...

As the Southern Hemisphere’s winter approaches, milk production trends in South America are mixed with output recovering in some of the continent’s milk-production regions and declining in others. The current milk production trends, which are expected to persist over the short term, face various risks longer term, says Monica Ganley, principal of Quar...