Expert Opinion
Georghii Kuhiashvili
analyst
Association of Milk Producers

The Global Dairy Market Enters a New Stage of Transformation

The global dairy market enters a new stage of transformation. The EU faces a reduction in profitability and intensifying competition. The US places its bet…

Georghii Kuhiashvili
analyst
Association of Milk Producers

Global Dairy Market: Overproduction, Price Decline, and Recovery Prospects

In 2025, the global dairy market was influenced by factors such as animal diseases, weather, geopolitical and economic changes related to protectionist measures in the…

FAO Food Price Index rises further in July

FAO reports that the FAO Food Price Index — a monthly trade-weighted index tracking international market prices of five major food commodity groups — averaged 179.1 points in July, its highest value since January 2015, marking a 2.3 per cent increase from June 2017 and 10.2 per cent rise from its level a year earlier.

  • Thursday, 10 August 2017

Milk producers suffer from collusion of processors

The Association of milk producers (AMP) has submitted an application to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on unjustified reduction of purchasing prices for raw milk and the possible collusion of processing plants.

  • Saturday, 13 May 2017

Cattle prices continue to kick on

National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods has said the cattle trade is continuing to kick on with a base price of €4.05/4.10 for steers and €4.15/4.20 for heifers.

  • Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Prices continue to climb at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction

Dairy product prices increased by 1.6% at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction. This follows on from an increase of 1.7% at the last auction in March.

  • Thursday, 6 April 2017

Production of casein has almost ceased in Ukraine

Due to both seasonality and low demand prices on the external markets production of casein has almost ceased in Ukraine.

  • Tuesday, 3 January 2017

The price rollback on Ukrainian whey powder market

On Ukrainian whey powder market there was the price rollback. The main reason is the drop of external sales with simultaneous active whey production as background.

  • Thursday, 20 October 2016