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Market News

World

Malaysia: Palm oil price In aumento +0,33%
US: Farm gate milk price In aumento +4,57%
US: Cheese 40# Blocks price In calo -4,81%
US: Butter, Grade AA price In aumento +1,39%
South America: Skim Milk Powder (SMP) price In aumento +2,70%
Oceania: Cheddar price In aumento +1,04%

Europe

Poland: Butter price (82%) In aumento +0,93%
DE, Bavaria: Farm gate milk price In calo -6,18%
Netherlands: Whey Powder feed price In aumento +1,39%
Netherlands: Butter price (82%) In calo -5,27%
Netherlands: Whole Milk Powder (WMP) price In calo -2,28%
Netherlands: Skim Milk Powder feed price In aumento +0,36%

Italy

IT: Grana Padano Production PDO In aumento +2,12%
IT, Milan: Parm Regg PDO (12 months ) price In aumento +0,68%
IT, Milan: Parm Reg. PDO (30 months) price In aumento +0,53%
IT, Milan:  Parm Regg PDO (18 mo.) price In aumento +0,30%
IT, Milan: Parm Reg. PDO (24 months) price In aumento +0,28%
IT, Milan: Pasteurised butter price In calo -1,96%
Information Note
  1. Market News evidences only the changes; should no price change or no quotation take place, any mention will be made.
  2. The change/variation concerning PRODUCTION/OUTPUT quantity refers to the same period of the previous year.
  3. The change/variation concerning STOCK quantity refers to the previous month.
  4. The change/variation of price refers to PRICES expressed in local currency (for both EU and the World). The change refers to the previous week/month/year, as the case may be. In the case of dual-listed (min and max), changes are calculated using the MAX PRICE.

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Milk - Balance sheet in Mio Tons | Year 2026 (Forecast made in December)
Country Cow Milk Production Other Milk Production Fluid Domestic Consumption Factory Use
World 565.43+0.7% 124.58+2.2% 197.32+0.8% 488.05+1.1%
India 105.40 +2.1% 116.00 +2.4% 93.00 +2.2% 128.37 +2.3%
Share % 18.6% 93.1% 47.1% 26.3%
EU-27 144.80 -0.5% 4.15 -0.5% 23.00 -0.9% 125.68 -0.3%
Share % 25.6% 3.3% 11.7% 25.8%
United States 106.19 +1.2% 0.00 0.0% 20.00 -1.0% 85.55 +1.7%
Share % 18.8% 0.0% 10.1% 17.5%
China 40.60 0.0% 0.91 +1.1% 15.70 +0.7% 26.43 -0.4%
Share % 7.2% 0.7% 8.0% 5.4%
Russia 33.90 -0.3% 0.00 0.0% 7.03 -0.4% 25.28 0.0%
Share % 6.0% 0.0% 3.6% 5.2%
Source: USDA, Latest update: 2025-12-20

Global Snapshot

MILK EQUIVALENT | SMP | WMP | BUTTER | CHEESE

Milk Equivalent
('000 Ton)
Δ Milk P. Δ Imp* Δ Exp* Δ Cons* (e) Balance
Δ(P+I-E-C)
Main Players, changes Jan-Dec 2025 on Jan-Dec 2024
EU-27
+2.424
+226
+899
+281
+1.471
New Zealand
+398
+48
-383
0
+829
USA
+2.617
-90
+278
+2.406
-157
Australia
-181
+99
-138
+111
-54
United Kingdom
+760
+192
+466
+106
+380
Argentina
+1.059
+9
+232
+168
+668
Uruguay
+121
+2
+86
0
+37
Chile
+143
-48
+137
0
-42
TOTAL
+7.342
+437
+1.576
+3.071
+3.132

Last update: 2026-04-03
(e) Estimated data
* Import, Export and Consumption data are in Milk Equivalent (ME), comprehensive of WMP, Cheese, SMP+Butter and Liquid Milk. Import and Export data are also comprehensive of Condensed Milk and Yogurt.

Information Note
SOURCE
  • Production:
    • EU-27: Eurostat, FEGA, AGEA, Zuivel;
    • United Kingdom: DEFRA;
    • New Zealand: DCANZ;
    • US: National Agricultural Statistics Service;
    • Australia: Dairy Australia;
    • Belarus: National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus;
    • Uruguay: INALE;
    • Argentina: Subsecretaría de Lechería - Ministerio de Agroindustria;
    • Ukraine: State Statistics Committee of Ukraine;
    • Chile: ODEPA.
  • Import/Export:
    • UE-27: Eurostat
    • United KIngdom: United Kingdom HMRC
    • New Zealand: Stat.nz
    • US: Census Bureau
    • Chile: ODEPA
    • Australia, Belarus, Uruguay, Argentina, Ukraine: IHS
  • Domestic consumption data calculated by applying the incidence of consumption over production reported by FAS-USDA on the productions obtained from the local sources.
    The domestic consumption changes estimated by the FAS-USDA source are updated every six months (June and December).
Note: The balance sheet at the moment does not consider the trade of FFMP (fat-filled milk powder) - HS 190190, milk powder that has a fat content similar to whole milk powder, but instead of butterfat contains vegetable fats.
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/Ton US
(2026-03-27)
OCEANIA
(2026-03-27)
EU¹
(2026-04-01)
GDT²
(2026-03-17)
Product Value % Chg* Value % Chg* Value % Chg* Value % Chg*
CHEESE 3.489 -4,8% 4.913 +0,5% 3.768 -0,6% 4.930 -0,3%
BUTTER 4.023 +1,4% 6.988 +4,5% 5.088 -2,8% 6.863 +1,7%
SMP 4.145 +9,6% 3.438 +7,8% 3.208 -1,3% 3.371 +4,5%
WMP 5.071 -2,1% 3.738 -0,3% 3.984 -0,6% 3.694 -3,8%
WHEY POWDER 1.411 0,0%     1.627 +4,1%    
MILK (US$/100Kg) 40,34 +4,6% 42,19 +7,0% 52,42 -1,1%    
*Change from previous price
¹ Prices refer to Germany. Cheese prices refer to Cheddar in the European Union (source: European Commission (Milk Market Observatory))
² Contract 2 GDT
n.a.: not available

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/Ton US
(2026-03-27)
OCEANIA
(1774566000)
EU¹
(2026-04-01)
GDT²
(2026-03-17)
Product Value % Chg* Value % Chg* Value % Chg* Value % Chg*
CHEESE 3.024 -5,2% 4.265 +0,2% 3.261 -1,3% 4.295 +1,6%
BUTTER 3.487 +0,9% 6.067 +4,1% 4.425 -2,2% 5.979 +3,7%
SMP 3.599 +10,0% 2.985 +7,5% 2.790 -0,7% 2.937 +6,5%
WMP 4.403 -1,8% 3.245 -0,7% 3.465 0,0% 3.218 -2,0%
WHEY POWDER 1.225 +0,3%     1.415 +4,8%    
MILK (€/100Kg) 34,12 +3,8% 35,94 +6,7% 44,33 -1,8%    
*Change from previous price
¹ Prices refer to Germany. Cheese prices refer to Cheddar in the European Union (source: European Commission (Milk Market Observatory))
² Contract 2 GDT
n.a.: not available

FOCUS Price Products € in real time

  Area Last
updated
± from
prev. price
± from
1 year ago
Price / Quotation
  Whole Milk…
      ▸ “SPOT” Italy 30 Mar 2026 +1,6% -58,5%
      ▸ farm-gate EU (13 country) Feb 2026 -4,9% -13,4%
      ▸ farm-gate USA Feb 2026 +3,8% -31,7%
  PDO cheeses…
      ▸ hard Italy 2 Apr 2026 +0,3% +3,7%
      ▸ semi-hard Italy 30 Mar 2026 -0,1% -2,3%
      ▸ fresh Italy 30 Mar 2026 0,0% -3,9%
Cheeses Germany and Oceania 1 Apr 2026 +0,0% -8,7%
Butter Italy, Germany and Oceania 1 Apr 2026 +0,6% -32,0%
SMP (Skimmed Milk Powder) Germany, Oceania and USA 1 Apr 2026 +3,9% +22,0%
Whey powder Germany and USA 1 Apr 2026 +3,3% +44,0%
  Feed input
      ▸ Corn Italy and USA 2 Apr 2026 -0,1% -6,4%
      ▸ Soybeans Italy and USA 2 Apr 2026 +0,1% +0,4%
      ▸ GMO Soybean Meal Italy 2 Apr 2026 -3,4% +22,8%
Oil Europe 27 Mar 2026 -0,1% +49,6%
Retail price
PDO hard cheeses Italy Feb 2026 -2,7% +4,2%
Fresh cheeses Italy Feb 2026 -1,7% +1,3%
Butter Italy Feb 2026 -5,6% -6,4%
Percentage price changes relate to (i) the last quotation period, and to (ii) the same period of the previous year

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World Supply and Demand

  • CHEESE Stocks
    · US Stocks: Feb 28, 2026 629.304 tons (+0.4% on Jan 31, 2026; -1.0% on Feb, 2025)
    · EU-27
    Consumption (Production + Import - Export): Jan 31,2026 0 tons (+9,0% on 31, 2025; +33,0% on Jan, 2025)
    · ITALY

    Grana Padano Stocks:
    - Marked PDO: Jan 31, 2026 1.948.148 number of wheels (+4,7% on 31 Dec 2025; +3,0% on Jan, 2025)
    - Total: Jan 31, 2026 0 number of wheels (+nan% on 31 Dec 2025; -100,0% on Jan, 2025)

  • DRY WHEY Stocks
    · US Stock: Jan 31, 2026 28.153 tons (+7.0% rispetto a Dec 31, 2025; +3.7% rispetto a Jan, 2025)

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