A round-up of the week’s key events in the dairy sector in Ukraine and around the world 👇 🛒 Ukraine’s top 10 grocery chains by store count and opening pace, H1 2026Grocery retail is the main sales channel for dairy, so shifts in the store rankings matter directly to dairy
EU cow’s-milk collection rose 3.7% in January–May 2026 versus the same period in 2025, the European Commission reported, with May 2026 up 2.4% year on year, Forum Mleczarskie reports. The highest collection growth in January–May 2026 was in Belgium (+8.9%), Austria (+8.1%) and Germany (+6.6%), while the biggest falls were
The extreme heatwave of summer 2026 has hit Italy’s livestock farms hard, with talk of «a consequent reduction in milk production of around 10%», co-op association Confcooperative has warned through its dairy sector president, Alessandro Mocellin, International Dairy Magazine reports. «We cannot recall a period with so many consecutive days
Last year, the Dutch dairy industry processed 14.1 billion kg of milk, over 2% more than in 2024, with approximately 62% used to make cheese, sector organisation ZuivelNL reports in its «Dairy in Figures 2025» publication, International Dairy Magazine reports. The larger milk volume led primarily to a 4% rise
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