The winners of the Dairy Records of Ukraine-2026 ranking were announced at the XVIII International Dairy Congress. As the Association of Milk Producers (AMP) reports, the top five cows by lifetime productivity each produced over 100 tonnes of milk.

Awards were presented in two categories: Highest Lifetime Productivity and the special Hope of the Industry award.

Highest lifetime productivity

The ranking was topped by Sosna (Pine Tree) from Shevchenko Agrofirm in Chernihiv region, which produced 141,455 kg of milk over nine lactations.

  1. Sosna (Shevchenko Agrofirm, Chernihiv region) — 141,455 kg
  2. Pshonynka (Ponory LLC) — 120,242 kg
  3. Katusha (Agrofirma Pishchanska LLC) — 107,549 kg
  4. Vesnyanка (Rozhnivka-Agro LLC) — 105,617 kg
  5. Mikroba (Bilagro LLC) — 104,273 kg

Hope of the Industry

The Hope of the Industry special award recognised young cows with the best productivity per lactation — potential future record-holders.

  1. Lysytsya (Kremen JSC) — 18,211 kg per lactation
  2. Symona (Agrofirma Pishchanska LLC) — 17,981 kg
  3. Soborka (Promin STOV) — 17,744 kg
  4. Romantika (STOV Vitchyzna) — 17,017 kg
  5. Dvachetverta (PAF Yerchiki) — 14,474 kg

Source: Association of Milk Producers (AMP)