21st IFCN Supporter Conference
Together we can do it: Transformation of dairy
Chester, United Kingdom | 25-28 September, 2023 | Online stream access
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IFCN World Dairy Map
IFCN Dairy Report
IFCN Dairy Processor Report
IFCN Events
IFCN Emerging Dairy Regions Forum
Building on the Dairy Conference “Next generation farming & farmers”, we would like to open the topic to the public and to extend the discussion: Emerging markets have growing demand for dairy and therefore need to produce more, since many of the exporting countries see stalling production due to environmental pressure and rising costs.
Free download: IFCN World Dairy Map 2022
IFCN World Dairy Map 2022 is aimed equally at dairy analysts – juniors and seniors, students and professors, milk experts and amateurs.
Upcoming live event: IFCN Supporter Conference in Israel
Big announcement! 20 Years of IFCN Supporter Conference. Our annual network meeting will take place this year in Netanya, Israel.
Upcoming IFCN Dairy Conference: New generation of Dairy Farmers & Dairy Farming
Let‘s reflect on the key drivers of dairy farming and dairy farmers. About policies to support young farmers, decision factors and expectations of the next generation, succession models and legislation, as well as general criteria for the future design of dairy farms.
IFCN News
Press release: High energy costs impacted the dairy industry directly and indirectly
The income of 1 billion people around the world is directly or indirectly linked to the dairy sector. Therefore, any global event that negatively impacts the dairy industry will affect the livelihood of many households around the world.
Global Dairy Market in 2023: 5 trends to watch at the start of the new year
World milk price increased by +18% in 2022 to a record high level of an average annual price of 53.3 USD / 100kg of milk.
1 billion US$ invested in dairy farm tech companies
Over 950 people from over 80 companies registered for the 1st IFCN Dairy Farm Tech event we hosted with Progressive Dairy, USA. Read the summary of the event.
IFCN Dairy Data
Dairy sector analysis
National and global analysis of milk production, consumption, trade and the related drivers
Milk price analysis
Global dairy commodity prices, local farm gate milk prices and price transmission schemes
Dairy chain analysis
Analyzing the dairy value chain from the farmer through the consumer with a key focus is on the margins in the chain
Dairy policy analysis
As policy is one of the key drivers in the dairy sector the IFCN has a set of tools to quantify the impacts of different policies
IFCN Farm Analysis
Farm comparison
Analysis of the cost of milk production: worldwide comparison of micro-economic results such as cost of milk production, returns, profitability and productivities of dairy farms and the drivers behind them
Sustainability of milk production
Tools to evaluate the sustainability of dairy farming systems, which also covers social and environmental indicators such as greenhouse gas emissions by different farm types
Dairy farm structure analysis
Monitoring dairy farm numbers and farm size developments
IFCN Dairy Outlook
Outlook
Long- and short-term dairy outlook for the world and around 200 countries individually
Dairy region development
The IFCN has experience to support regional dairy development and the identification of future strategies
More than 140 dairy related companies cooperate with IFCN a global dairy related research network that helps to better understand the dairy world by providing globally comparable dairy economic data and even forecasts since 2000.
