IFCN Dairy Report
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A comprehensive overview of the complex dairy world in a 224-page book based on IFCN research.

The latest version of the IFCN Dairy Report contains
- 125Country profiles
- 54Countries in farm analysis
- 26Year time series
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Check the pricing packages for the IFCN Dairy Report
Previous publications of the report
Latest publication of the report
Dairy Report
Starter package
Free!- IFCN Dairy Report 2014 - PDF version
- IFCN Dairy Report 2013 - PDF version
- IFCN World Dairy Map
- Invitation to free IFCN webinars
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Dairy Report
Bundle package
575 EUR- IFCN Dairy Report 2017 - hard copy
- IFCN Dairy Report 2018 - hard copy
- IFCN World Dairy Map
- Invitation to free IFCN webinars
Dairy Report
Value package
2575 EUR- IFCN Dairy Report 2022 - hard copy
- IFCN World Dairy Map
- Invitation to free IFCN webinars
Partnership
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7000 EUR- 5x IFCN Dairy Report 2022 - hard copies
- 1x IFCN Dairy Report 2022 – PDF version
- IFCN Database with key variables based on country profiles in Dairy Report (.xlsx and .csv)
- 1x seat at the IFCN Supporter Conference in 2023
- Email hotline & Newsletter
- IFCN World Milk Price Outlook Webinars
- Special discounts for Partners
What's inside the IFCN Dairy Report packages
Feature | Starter | Bundle | Value |
Partnership 2023
Membership benefits:
Get information about the global holistic picture of the dairy world for better strategic decisions. Access to globally comparable and validated dairy data that save data mining costs. Access to key people and companies driving the dairy sector forward - to gain synergies. |
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IFCN Dairy Report - hard copy | 2017 + 2018 | 2022 | 5x 2022 | |
IFCN Dairy Report - PDF (digital version) | 2013 + 2014 | 1x 2022
The IFCN Dairy Report is available to our partners in digital format!
Sharing IFCN knowledge internally is now much easier! |
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One seat at the IFCN Supporter Conference in 2023
This international conference brings together representatives from a variety of companies from different stages of the whole dairy supply chain.
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Country Page Profile data in various formats (CSV, XLSX)
The key data and variables displayed on the dairy report country pages are now available in the .xlsx and .csv database format for your own analysis, reporting and presentations.
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IFCN World Milk Price Outlook Webinars
This webinar series is representative of our mission to help people in the dairy world make better decisions. It was originally created to help our supporter partners during the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic with information particularly regarding the volatility and uncertainties - in the dairy market.
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In the IFCN Dairy Report, the IFCN World Dairy Map and on the IFCN website to increase your company's visibility.
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What's inside the new IFCN Dairy Report?
Hard copy of the selected report
The complex global dairy world with national and regional data in one book.
Macro picture: 125 country profile analyses and world maps
Micro picture: Farm economics and sustainability analysis
Release: Every year in October

Every even year country profiles contain:
- Milk supply and demand developments
- Milk prices in relation to the world market
- Milk Price Split: Consumer Price, Farm Gate Milk Price, Retailer, Processor share, VAT
- Development of main demand drivers
- Milk processing profiles
- A list of 10 major dairy processors
Every uneven year country profiles contain:
- Milk production trends within the country
- Dairy farm numbers and farm sizes
- Dairy farm structure and its development
- Milk and feed price developments
- Milk processing profiles
- Trends in land, beef and quota price
IFCN World Dairy Map
The latest version of the World Dairy Map in digital format
Vivid illustration of key dairy trends and data.
- World milk price & price transmission
- Growth of milk production
- Dairy farms numbers, structure and costs
- World milk production and milk deliveries
- Top 20 milk processors
- Information about the IFCN Network

Free IFCN Webinars
Connecting Dairy Data and Knowledge
IFCN and its way to help people in the dairy world.
- Check the status of the IFCN World Milk Price Indicator
- Find out about current trends
- Send us your questions and we will answer them live
- Stay informed of upcoming IFCN events
- Get the slides after the event
IFCN Supporter Conference
The largest Dairy Conference in the World
This international dairy conference brings together representatives from a large number of companies from different areas of the milk supply chain.
This year IFCN held its annual conference online: for the first time in IFCN history, more than 700 participants from the entire dairy supply chain gathered to discuss the status of the dairy world.

Learn more about the Dairy Report
IFCN Dairy Report
The IFCN Dairy Report has been published for more than 25 years and has since become a standard publication for scientists and companies in the dairy sector. The report provides a global overview of macroeconomic and farm level developments. In addition, it contains more than 120 country profiles that can serve as good basis for discussions and strategic decisions - for companies, institutions and researchers.

What will you find in this book?
The IFCN Dairy Report gives you an overview of 25 years of global dairy developments.
Chapter 1
Cost comparison of the typical farms
Summarises results on costs, returns, profitability and productivity of dairy farms worldwide. Real time cost estimates for 2021 have also been included for some countries.
- Milk supply curves
- Cost of milk production on average- and larger-sized farms
- Farm level time series analysis - Cost of milk production only
- Total costs and returns of the dairy enterprise
- Returns: Milk price, non-milk returns and decoupled payments
- Dairy enterprise: Profits, return to labour and asset structure
- Cost component on feed, labour, land, animal health
- Sustainability and resilience of typical farms
- Resilience of selected farms in competitive dairy regions
- The largest dairy farming companies worldwide
Chapter 2
Global monitoring of dairy economic indicators
Provides a comprehensive overview of certain topics such as milk prices, feed prices, milk: feed price ratio and monthly milk price transmissions.
- IFCN World milk price indicator – different phases and current developments
- Global trends in oil, milk and feed prices
- National milk and feed prices
- Monitoring milk prices
- Monthly milk price transmission and farm economics
- IFCN Long-term Dairy Outlook
Chapter 3
Milk Production fact sheets
Country Profiles with data on the dairy sector and the associated value chain. Prepared for over 120 countries, representing 98 % of the world milk production, with comparable information on:
- Milk supply and demand developments
- Monthly farm gate and world milk price
- Consumer prices and margins in the chain
- Milk processing profile per dairy product
- Major milk processors per country
- Dairy sector developments
- Status and development of milk production
- Importance of dairy processing
- Milk consumption
- World dairy trade
- Status of milk surplus, deficit and self-sufficiency
- World population
- Method explanation of the Country Page
- Dairy sector and chain profiles for over 120 countires
Chapter 4
IFCN Methods
This chapter is dedicated to explaining the methods used for the IFCN analyses. In addition, elevator stories help to better understand how a typical farm is defined in a country.
- The TIPICAL® model and its capabilities
- Standardisation used by IFCN
- Typical farm approach
- Details on farm economic analysis
- Elevator stories of typical farms
- Description of the typical dairy farms analysed
- Exchange rates
Key benefits for you
The IFCN Dairy Report helps people in the dairy world to make better decisions.
Researchers and advisors
Researchers from over 90 countries use the Dairy Report on a daily basis as a tool for their research, teaching and farm advisory work.
- Data for your dairy analysis on country or regional level
- Knowledge on dairy markets, methods, models and Outlook
- Benchmark your country with other countries with comparable dairy data
- Special studies

Farmers
The Dairy Report gives you a voice to reach other players in the dairy world.
- Updated global milk and feed price trends
- Dairy farm numbers and farm sizes
- Dairy farm structure and its development
- Knowledge on dairy farming systems

Companies
More than 140 dairy related companies use the data and knowledge from the IFCN Dairy Report for their strategic planning.
- Milk supply and demand developments
- Milk prices in relation to the world market
- Consumer prices and margins in the chain
- Annual monitoring of farm competiveness

Institutions and students
Data in the IFCN Dairy Report is:
- Comparable
- Consistent
- Up-to-date with long history
- Global coverage
- Common standards
- Unbiased
- Officially sourced
- Validated expert estimations
- Ready to use files
- Outlook updates

The IFCN Dairy Report helps people in the dairy world to make better decisions
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