What’s in store for 2017, price-wise? If I knew, I’d become a rich man soon. But one thing is certain: looking at prices, margins and profit, 2017 can only get better for most of the dairy companies and dairy farmers. With the exception of the private and multinational milk processors for whom the past two […]
During last time the global dairy market has not shown much signs of recovery. Moreover, for many goods prices rolled back. In fact, there are not so many reasons for the price decline. In Europe there are large interventional stocks of milk powder, but this factor can rather be considered only as psychological, because the […]
To talk about quality of raw milk, we must first understand what the regulatory requirements for the quality are. If we declare that we intend to keep the European standards, our regulatory requirements for quality of milk should be the same as in Europe. Unfortunately, now we do not have the proper regulations. Even the […]
The short answer is that main inflationary risks, in their traditional sense, lay down in foreseeing of UAH vs US dollar exchange dynamics. Generally, I would say that the state of the dairy market in Ukraine, including trends in raw milk price, can be characterized by many factors categorized as follows: 1. Projected factors, such […]
Unfortunately, the year that has passed cannot be considered as successful by dairy industry people. There were more negative factors than positive ones. The new 2017 year will also be very difficult. However, the dairy market operators are expecting a slight improvement. In brief, the results of the 2016 and forecasts for 2017 are as […]
Infagro: Speaking about dairy industry, are there in the Law of Ukraine “On milk and milk products” any special, industry-specific provisions concerning the safety and quality of dairy products, the ones which are not covered by the Law of Ukraine “On Basic Principles and Requirements for Safety and Quality of Food Products”? The Law of […]
During their meeting last Thursday, the EU has put the re sale of intervention Milk Powder back on the agenda. The proposal is to sell 22.150 mt by tender on the 13th December. On 24th November an official vote will be held to whether or not to execute the proposal (by the time of the […]
According to the IFCN, the world milk price has increased by about 50 percent in the four months since May to an average of 33.7 US cent per kilogram. But dairy farmers all over the globe seem not to have taken notice of this development. Instead, at least in good old Europe, a great many […]
CETA, the little sister of TTIP, might finally be undersigned this autumn. While other sectors of the economy might benefit from the agreement between the Canadians and the Europeans, the advantages for the EU dairy sector will be limited. And in terms of milk exports, there isn’t much to gain for Canadian farmers anyway. The […]
DN: Vasyl, you are the owner of the INFAGRO analytical agency, right? VV.: Yes, I am. DN: How did the idea of establishing INFAGRO appear? VV.: The idea was spontaneous. Another thing is why we have chosen to specialize in dairy business. At first I thought about being engaged in analysis of all the branches […]
