Ukraine: supply and demand in the dairy market are now balanced
In the second half of February, Ukrainian raw milk market was stable. Both purchase and spot prices have not changed much over the past two weeks. – INFAGRO
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Ukraine: competition on the cheese market will intensify
For cheese producers, the situation on the cheese market is becoming more complicated. In February, the main concern was the cease of the export schemes of cheese products by Belarus. – INFAGRO
The government of Belarus wants raw milk to be traded on the commodity exchange
The government of Belarus is demanding to accelerate introduction of market mechanisms for the raw milk trade.
Ukraine: production of cheese products to shrink
In the market of real cheeses, the situation is relatively stable, while producers of cheese products are experiencing difficulties due to the ban of import schemes for this product introduced by Belarus. – INFAGRO
Belarus: 94% of whey is directed into processing
Maria Klimova, Deputy Head Main Food Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus, provided the data on whey processing during a speech at the international seminar of the Kieselmann in Minsk.
Ukraine: In 2019 a decline in production and export of casein is expected
In contrast to the two previous years, production of casein is no longer profitable. And not only because of the winter season. The market is changing in favor of using skim milk to produce SMP, which, unlike casein, is more expensive. – INFAGRO
Belarus: the preliminary results on milk production in 2018 show a quite insignificant growth
The National Statistics Committee of Belarus has already prepared some preliminary data of 2018 for dairy industry . According to official data, milk production in agricultural organizations, amounted 7.0 million tons, which is 0.7% more than in 2017. – INFAGRO
Ukraine: cheese exports declining, imports growing
Exports of Ukrainian solid / semi-hard cheeses is declining. – INFAGRO
Ukraine: industrial dairy farms cannot handle to compensate the reduction of milk production in households
The beginning of every New Year is the time of traditional summing up of the previous year results and making plans for the next year. This is what people, companies, and industries do. Dairy industry does the same. – INFAGRO
Ukraine: fresh dairy products and cheese production have grown
It is still too early to sum up the year for production of dairy products as there is not all the data available, but we can confidently note the growth trend in production of fresh dairy products and cheeses. – INFAGRO