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IFCN Combined World Milk Price Indicator in September: 47.7 USD / 100kg milk
Press: Making Sustainability Profitable in the Global Dairy Industry
IFCN Combined World Milk Price Indicator in June: 50.9 USD / 100kg milk
Making Sustainability Profitable – Not a Contradiction, but a Global Challenge to Tackle
Updates & insights from the IFCN Dairy Research Network
Press: Making Sustainability Profitable in the Global Dairy Industry
An Overview of Pakistan’s Dairy Industry – Present and Future Aspects | August 2025
Press: Future Dairy Farming Systems: Resilience as a Path to Sustainability
Highlights from IFCN Monthly Research Meeting | April 2025
Highlights from IFCN Monthly Research Meeting | November 2024
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Highlights from IFCN Monthly Research Meeting | November 2024
On November 27th, 2024, IFCN hosted this month’s IFCN Monthly Researcher Meeting, where we had the privilege of hearing from IFCN researcher Habtamu Lemma. His thought-provoking presentation, “Dairy Sector in Ethiopia – Situation, Trends, and Challenges,” shed light on key insights:
IFCN Combined World Milk Price Indicator in October: 47.0 USD/100kg milk
The IFCN World Milk Price Indicator experienced a decline in December, reflecting the reduced market activity typical of the holiday season.
Press release: Shaping the Future of Dairy
At the 5th Annual IFCN Dairy Forum on December 4, 2024, participants from 80+ countries tackled the key challenges of the global dairy industry: rising demand, environmental pressures, and economic constraints.
Upcoming free online dairy event: IFCN Dairy Forum 2024
IFCN is excited to present the 5th IFCN Dairy Forum 2024—a critical event in the face of surging global dairy demand and ongoing challenges
IFCN Combined World Milk Price Indicator in October: 47.1 USD/100kg milk
The IFCN World Milk Price Indicator, which is the result of combining Oceanian export prices for the five main dairy commodities, rose by a substantial growth this month. This increase is driven largely by an upturn in cheese prices and consistently high prices for butter, influenced by seasonal demand as we approach the holiday season.
Honoring our long-standing partnership with Olusegun Oloruntobi: Celebrating 8 years of collaboration
We’re excited to celebrate a remarkable milestone with Olusegun Oloruntobi, B.Tech, M.Sc, MinstLM, AIBA—our dedicated research partner of nearly 8 years—as he receives the IFCN Dairy Report 2024!
Highlights from IFCN Monthly Research Meeting | October 2024
Among the highlights of this webinar was a thought-provoking presentation by IFCN researcher Eva Vöneki titled “Hungarian dairy sector – Latest developments and international comparison of key production indicators”
Out now: IFCN Dairy Report 2024: Improved global milk production growth and recovery in demand in 2023
In terms of global milk production, 2023 reached an average growth of +2.2% YoY, which was better than in 2022, but was still below the average for the period 2017-2021.
World Dairy Map 2024: Finding sustainable solutions to the global milk shortage
In 2023, the world milk supply growth (excluding India & Pakistan) was 1.3% higher than in 2022. However, it was still 4 mill t below the 5-year average.
Press release: Milk is not where it is demanded
The dairy industry has faced numerous challenges recently. Following a difficult 2022, issues persisted into 2023 and 2024. Key concerns include stringent sustainability requirements in Europe, Oceania, and North America, which necessitate significant investment from producers.
Last chance to join – IFCN Supporter Conference 2024 in Poland
3 days discussing about the current dairy market situation and the key milk production centres in the world, as well as what the key success drivers behind the future milk production are and how we together can increase the cooperation in the dairy supply chain.
NEW: IFCN Data Services and Product List 2025
It is time to refresh the IFCN Products and services list for 2025. As usual, we have updated the new IFCN Product list 2025 for your review. It’s been designed in a way that all main benefits, key features and technical details of each service are covered in 1 page.
IFCN Combined World Milk Price Indicator in July: 40.3 EUR/100kg; 43.6 USD/100kg
The increase is driven by the sthe drop in milk powder prices. Fatty products are still having premium over powders and the prices for butter and cheese still fluctuate around similar level from previous month.
Japan: A country with dairy potential
The second day of the conference was dedicated to the Asian and especially the Japanese dairy sector. Hokkaido is the main dairy region producing more than 50% of the total Japanese milk. At national level, production was restricted during 2022 and 2023 due to supply-demand imbalance.
Highlights from IFCN Monthly Research Meeting in May 2024
On May 29th, 2024, we had our monthly researcher meeting. Among the highlights of this webinar was a thought-provoking presentation by IFCN researcher Sushil Paudyal titled “Opportunities and challenges with Dairy production in the Southwest United States.” highlighting the following key points:
IFCN Combined World Milk Price Indicator in May: 39.4 EUR/100kg; 43.0 USD/100kg
The IFCN World Milk Price Indicator, which combines Oceanian export prices for the 5 main dairy commodities, increased in May 2024.This increase is driven by an increase in all dairy commodities, due to strong demand for butter on one side, and...