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Germany’s Herd Increase: A Temporary Retention Effect, Not a Structural Rebound
Organic Premium Dynamics: Widening Gap in German Milk Market
AI, Automation, and Smarter Efficiency Driving the Future of Dairy Farming
Global milk prices fall for seven months straight as oversupply persists
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
Archive
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…
IFCN Outlook 2019: Milk demand grows faster than supply
IFCN presented in its annual conference freshest data and outlooks for the future dairy markets and milk price development. After the last world milk price crisis in 2016, farm gate milk prices have stabilized…
More milk needed to cover demand in 2030 – new technologies will and must help
Between now and 2030, the worldwide demand growth for milk and milk products will be three times the level of current US milk production…
Kiel: IFCN Dairy Economic Workshop 2018
On February 27-28 the 4th IFCN Dairy Economic Workshop has successfully assembled…
Lucerne: 15th IFCN Supporter Conference
“What makes a dairy region successful?”
Crisis is over – current world milk price cycle has come to an end
Outlook from the IFCN Network a year ago accurately…
Kiel: Successful IFCN Dairy Conference 2017
On June 10-14 the conference, themed “Dairy development: past, present and future”…
Kiel: Highlights of the 3rd IFCN Economic Workshop
This February the 3rd IFCN Dairy Economic Workshop successfully assembled dairy industry…
Dairy market in India: Views differ wildly
Dairy market in India: Views differ wildly – will India be an importer or an exporter?
IFCN Presentation at IDF World Dairy Summit 2016
The World Dairy Summit of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) took place in Rotterdam…
Dairy farm cost competitiveness substantially shifting
The fresh results in the IFCN Dairy Report 2016 coming out on October 12 indicate substantially decreased costs for dairy farms in 2015.
IFCN forecasts: The dairy growth is expected to continue until 2025
A global growth in milk demand of more than 20 mil t/year until 2025 is estimated by IFCN.