A round-up of the week’s key events in the dairy industry in Ukraine and around the world 👇 🥛 Happy World Milk Day!Every year on 1 June, the world celebrates World Milk Day — a holiday established by the FAO in 2001 to highlight the role of milk in nutrition
China has officially approved imports of dairy products from Romania. As Bloomberg reports, the decision by China’s General Administration of Customs opens access for Romanian producers to a dairy market worth 510 billion yuan (approximately $71 billion). The approval allows qualifying Romanian producers to supply a broad range of milk
The US milk cow population has grown significantly through 2025 and into Q1 2026. As John Geuss notes in his blog on Milk Pay reports, a 3% rise in the herd against flat domestic consumption is forcing the industry to seek export markets — and keeping producer prices low. Domestic
Polish milk producers are facing a difficult situation in early 2026: prices have fallen 19.5% year-on-year. As Agro Profil reports, the reasons lie in global overproduction, trade blockades and falling demand from Asia. In April, the average purchase price in Poland dropped to PLN 1.83 per litre net (PLN 182.64/hl)
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