25th IFCN Dairy Conference
West meets East
Asian dairies: Standing locally, thinking globally
June 29th – July 2nd, 2024 |Obihiro, Japan
IFCN World Dairy Map
IFCN Dairy Farm Tech Map
IFCN Dairy Report
IFCN Dairy Processor Report
IFCN Events
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:
Highlights from IFCN Monthly Research Meeting in February 2024
On February 28th, 2024, we hosted IFCN monthly research meeting. Among the highlights of this webinar was a thought-provoking presentation by IFCN researcher Jan van Beekhuizen, titled “Challenges of dairy production in a very critical area” highlighting the following key points:
IFCN Emerging Dairy Regions Forum
Building on IFCN’s project work in developing markets, we would like to bridge the big picture of the dairy market with the realities on the ground. With the IFCN Dairy Forum, we would like to open the topic to the public and expand the discussion. We are looking to answer questions like: What can successful dairy strategies look like? How can feasibility and progress be defined and how will it be measured?
IFCN News
5th Dairy Outlook Workshop 2026: Market Trends & Strategies
Discover key insights from the 5th Dairy Outlook Workshop 2026 in Brussels. Dairy leaders discuss European dairy market outlook, global trends, supply chain challenges, and strategic responses to uncertainty. Hosted by IFCN & Eucolait.
High Beef Prices and Slow Milk Supply Adjustments
High beef prices may encourage culling, but milk supply adjusts slowly. Discover how dairy and beef markets interact and impact farmers’ herd management.
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.
