This year’s IFCN Dairy Conference focused on the next generation of dairy farmers and dairy farming systems. IFCN’s first hybrid event recorded over 500 registrations and brought people from the dairy sector together in Kiel, Germany.

Under current dairy market conditions, a shrinking global milk supply is meeting steadily increasing demand, and farm profitability is under increasing pressure with milk and feed prices at unprecedented levels.

The war in Ukraine is bringing suffering to the lives of the country’s people with its destructive effects. The political and economic impact is not a priority in such a situation. Nevertheless, at IFCN we have been analyzing what the consequences could be, focusing on the dairy sector.

Dairy farmers have faced rising input costs since the end of 2020. Based on an analysis of typical farm types in more than 50 countries, IFCN finds that the main cost item, accounting for 30% to 70% of the cost of milk production, is precisely feed.

The global economy was under pressure during the pandemic. Value chains were disrupted and uncertainty dominated many sectors. Read how the dairy sector performed during this period and what will be important in 2022.

The impact on farm economics and how it shaped the changes in the farm structure, as well as what are the other main drivers for dairy in 2022.

The Top 20 dairy processors are responsible for some 40% of the world’s raw milk pool that is being processed in factories. These companies and cooperatives have increased their milk processing by 50 million tons during the past 10 years, which is half of the US’ annual production

IFCN Dairy Forum brought together people from 85 countries with different backgrounds to discuss greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from dairy with a special focus on emerging countries.

What are the latest & future developments in the dairy market? Where is the starting point for the dairy in the future and its sustainability? What are the key drivers of the milk price?

The two-day event was a great success and brought together more than 700 dairy experts from 72 countries and 207 companies and institutions. While there are still obstacles to overcome on the path to transforming the dairy sector into its digital future, participants and panellists agree that the benefits clearly prevail.

Over 20 years IFCN has strived to create a better understanding of the dairy world and has stood by its values of trust, truth and independence. The current fast-changing and complex dairy world makes market intelligence vital for your organisation’s success. IFCN provides three blocks of dairy market intelligence (MI) services.

How tight is the connection between changes in the farm structure and dairy farm economics? Is milk supply being affected by current milk and feed price developments? Where is the starting point for the dairy in the future and its sustainability?

The event connected over 1000 dairy experts from 81 countries. Carbon dioxide levels in the air are at their highest level in 650,000 years and we have seen 19 of the warmest years since 2000. Livestock and thus dairy farming undeniably contribute to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

25% of global dairy GHG emissions are from dairy farms in developed countries.
75% of global dairy GHG emissions are from dairy farms in emerging countries.

The 22nd IFCN Dairy Conference is less than three weeks away and behind the scenes the preparations are in full swing! So far, more than 550 participants have registered!

Our top guests from the industry will be discussing their ideas on the topic of carbon neutrality and tell us whether they think it will be possible reach carbon neutrality in dairy production until 2050 – or not.

“Carbon neutral dairy farming in 2050 – will this be possible?” – under this topic a great panel of dairy experts will discuss the challenges dairy faces at the IFCN Dairy Conference 2021.

We would like to invite you to join us at the 2021 IFCN Dairy Conference to discuss: “Carbon-neutral dairy farming in 2050 – will this be possible?”

You wanted to know which country is the biggest importer or exporter for a specific dairy commodity? Or you are looking for new export markets and wanted to know which countries are active during the year? ​

Meet our newest IFCN Team-Member: We are pleased to introduce to you Ines Michelsen!

“Carbon neutral dairy farming in 2050 – will this be possible?” For the first time, we will bring researchers, companies and IFCN’s data & knowledge together for the 22nd annual IFCN researcher conference.

This hypothesis is falsified as the impact on the Russian dairy sector, especially on demand, during COVID-19 pandemic showed a different pattern than…

At what age do cows calve for the first time in different countries around the world? Do you have a guess how much calf meal is needed in different countries?

What’s next? The last time that we have seen such a high increase in average GDT prices was in Sep ‘15!

Meet our newest IFCN Team-Member: We are pleased to introduce to you Cecilia Loza Acosta!

We had the first public event of 2021 with the participation of more than 120 people! Click to get the presentation!

IFCN is happy to support the Livestocktrend.com initiative from IFCN Partner Olusegun Oloruntobi via its “non-profit-organisation”!

Inspite of the COVID-19 crisis, demand for value-added dairy products – such as butter and cheese – continues to grow unabatedly.

Meet our newest IFCN Team-Member: We are pleased to introduce to you Gerta Karanxha!

High global feed prices are currently observed as supply is tight in major producing countries and demand for feed is increasing.

High global feed prices are currently observed as supply is tight in major producing countries and demand for feed is increasing.

Let’s work together! Become part of our research network and connect with over 120 researchers from over 100 countries around the world!

On January 11th 2021 IFCN’s Alice Diepenbrock was invited panelist at the Dairy Networking workshop, participating 98 dairy experts from 21 countries…

Looking back at the year 2020, we are happy to report that our initially estimated forecast for the world milk price of has come true.

It is a big step for IFCN to move into the new offices – designed to combine dairy economic research, consultancy and professional network management.

The year is drawing to a close and the whole IFCN-Team would like to take this opportunity to thank you…

We want to thank all participants who joined the second edition of the IFCN Market Intelligence Training Nov. 10th-11th 2020.

Over 330 people joined our event 1st Dec. on the Top 20 Dairy Processor Report 2020 and we highly appreciate their contribution to People, Planet and Profit.

IFCN Top 20 Dairy Company research has created the world’s first dairy processor report with comparable data on people, planet and profit.

Global supply chains are vulnerable and self-sufficiency is the topic of today.

But have all attempts to become 100% self-sufficient been successful? Where can we look for experiences to improve, learn and determine the best way forward?

At this event we will look at different scenarios, discuss with the people who are directly affected and report on the facts: Self Sufficiency – Sustainable Solutions.

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“!

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).

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…

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…