In Ukraine 57% of milk production is in the shade. This was reported by the chairman of the Office of Effective Regulation (BRDO) Oleksii Honcharuk on his Facebook page, agroportal.ua reported.
As it was expected, a wave of strengthening procurement prices for milk has been since early August in Ukraine. Compared to July, raw milk prices raised by 25 kopecks, INFAGRO reported.
The Ukrainian milk index (UMI), which shows the conditional profitability of milk production by professional farms, for the first time since the beginning of the year demonstrated growth in July. This was reported by the economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Andrii Yarmak on his page on Facebook, agroportal.ua reported.
According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine over the first half of the year, the production of milk in the country decreased by 1.8% compared to the same period of last year, according to Infagro.
In January-May, in Ukraine the production of milk and condensed cream (with fat content from 1% to 6%) increased by 1.6% compared to the same period last year - up to 195 thousand tons. This is evidenced by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, UNN reported.
Such data was announced during the conference of the IFCN research network, which was held on June 11 in Ireland. Today the world produces about 876 million tons of milk per year, according to Infagro.