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Big things are happening in Bangladesh’s dairy world | October 2025
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
Updates & insights from the IFCN Dairy Research Network
Big things are happening in Bangladesh’s dairy world | October 2025
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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IFCN Supporter Conference 2020 – Online
For the first time ever IFCN brought together its business and researcher networks to discuss the topic “New Opportunities: The Dairy World after COVID-19“!
IFCN Supporter Conference 2020
With the topic “New Opportunities: The Dairy World after COVID-19“ IFCN will bring its business and researcher networks together for the first time – to provide all members with the best possible outlook and insights!
IFCN World Dairy Map 2020
IFCN is delighted to announce that the IFCN World Dairy Map 2020 is out now. Learn more and get your free download.
Press information IFCN Dairy Conference 2020
Covid-19 related dairy crisis – the fear is bigger than its impact – yet Dairy experts from 70 countries have been discussed the Covid-19 related dairy crisis during the 21th IFCN Dairy Conference on June 2nd – 3rd. The event focused on...
IFCN Data Products – Release 2020
IFCN is delighted to inform you about the release of IFCN Data Products for the year 2020. These databases can be an excellent navigation tool in the current time of uncertainty as well as an assistance to you with your long term strategic planning.
Dairy’s Impact on Reducing Global Hunger
IFCN has contributed together with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock and the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) in publishing the second research paper in a series on the question how dairy can help address socio-economic challenges set out in the UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
IFCN Top-10 List: Dairy Farming Companies Worldwide 2020
According to IFCN’s latest research, Saudi Arabia and China have the largest dairy farming enterprises in the
world. China holds half of the top 10 list, while the rest of the companies are located in …
Economic Impact of Pakistan’s Dairy Sector
The second edition of the report on Emergence of Pakistan’s Dairy Sector has been released – including contribution from IFCN together with our Partners Tetra Pak Pakistan and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
The IFCN Dairy Report 2019
IFCN has released the Dairy Report 2019 on October 15. The 20th Anniversary Edition covers 120 country profiles which represent 98% of the total global milk production…
Press Information: Facts show: Dairy market grows and retains momentum
Plant-based alternatives are gaining popularity – yet an exit from milk as source of protein is not foreseen. On the contrary, IFCN even foresees an increased demand for dairy products in the long-term. Transparency and fact-based information are...
Press Information: Animal based dairy products will outlive alternative kinds of “milk”
Dairy experts from 48 countries have been discussing the future of dairy production during the 20th IFCN Dairy Conference (June 17th – 19th in Berlin). The event focussed on the dairy trends in the last 20 years, the perspectives until 2040 and a...
20th IFCN Dairy Conference in June 2019
The annual IFCN Dairy Conference will be held from June 15th until June 19th in Berlin/Germany and is a key platform for the IFCN Research Network to discuss latest analysis results, exchange international perspectives and explore a special annual topic…
17th IFCN Supporter Conference in September 2019
This international dairy conference with over 120 participants from more than 80 agribusiness companies obtains its exceptional character by bringing together representatives from a wide variety of companies on different stages of the whole dairy supply chain…
The IFCN Dairy Report 2018
IFCN has released the IFCN Dairy Report 2018 on October 8. In this Report, IFCN covered 115 country profiles which represent 98% of the total global milk production…
Going Off Cow’s Milk?
In many European countries and the US, alternative plant-based milks are growing in popularity, and cow’s milk sales are declining. Is this just a blip in our millenia-old love affair with dairy, or a steady drip towards a cow’s milk-free future?
Opposing viewpoints on dairy versus alternatives are discussed in this BBC interview…
Top 20 milk processors collect 25% of milk worldwide
New results from IFCN Top 20 Milk Processors List 2018 shows that 25.4 % of produced milk worldwide is processed from top 20 dairy giants. The total collection of top 20…