The problems of Ukrainian dairy

Summer has already begun, but dairy operators still do not have a clear vision of the sales prospects.
Summer has already begun, but dairy operators still do not have a clear vision of the sales prospects.
In Ukraine the high season of production has begun. Cows are moved to pastures and milk production has essentially increased. This fact does not especially please farmers.
Ukraine exported 69,000 tonnes of milk and dairy foods in January through March 2015, with an annual export potential projected at 300,000 tonnes, the interagency ad hoc group under the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry has said.
Dairy market of Russia is going down during two months already. Prices for milk and dairy products are stably falling.
The end of EU milk caps has lifted Irish spirits, but USDEC research shows clouds blocking sunny government forecasts.
Dairy companies, affected by the Russian anti-sanctions, have adapted to new conditions. They are shifting their production to Russia and enhance deliveries of authorized products. However, there is no way to offset their losses.
Russian dairy market develops rather pessimistic, both for producers, and for processors. Russian consumers are probably not in better conditions.
With the EU milk quota set to be removed on 1 April 2015, production will become further concentrated in the key milk-producing regions of Northern and Western Europe, according to Rabobank’s latest report.
On February 13 there was press conference of the Minister of Agriculture and the Food of Belarus Leonid Zayats.
At the beginning of 2015, a few weeks before the end of the milk quota regime, discussions on the future of the dairy industry intensified in Brussels.