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World

US: Butter  stock In aumento +6,31%
US: Cheese stock In aumento +0,88%
US: Cow's milk production In aumento +2,72%
US: Cheese 40# Blocks price In calo -3,22%
US: Butter, Grade AA price In calo -6,40%
Oceania: Whole Milk Powder (WMP) price In aumento +1,33%

Europe

Western Europe: Whey Powder Sweet price In aumento +5,95%
Western Europe: WMP price In calo -1,23%
Western Europe: SMP price In aumento +0,69%
Western Europe: Butter price (82%) In calo -4,64%
Slovak Republic: Farm-gate raw milk price In calo -5,38%
Poland: Butter price (82%) In aumento +2,08%

Italy

IT, Verona: foreign Skim Spot Milk price In aumento +8,33%
IT, Verona: Spot milk price In aumento +2,99%
IT, Verona: foreign Whole Spot Milk price In aumento +12,00%
IT, Milan: Parm Reg. PDO (24 months) price In aumento +0,28%
IT, Milan: Parm Regg PDO (12 months ) price In aumento +0,33%
IT, Milan: Parm Reg. PDO (30 months) price In aumento +0,52%
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-Mar 2026 on Jan-Mar 2025
EU-27
+1.612
-16
+89
+67
+1.439
New Zealand
+331
+1
+15
0
+317
USA
+786
-78
+409
+841
-541
United Kingdom
+123
+53
+161
+17
-2
Australia
+31
+15
-63
+7
+102
Argentina
+235
+2
+141
+74
+22
Uruguay
+38
+4
-24
0
+65
Chile
+26
+29
+28
+2
+26
TOTAL
+3.182
+9
+756
+1.007
+1.428

Last update: 2026-05-21
(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
(2026-05-22)
OCEANIA
(2026-05-22)
EU¹
(2026-05-20)
GDT²
(2026-05-19)
Product Value % Chg* Value % Chg* Value % Chg* Value % Chg*
CHEESE 3.318 -3,2% 4.638 -1,9% 3.711 +0,7% 4.610 +1,2%
BUTTER 3.384 -6,4% 5.863 -1,5% 4.503 -1,0% 5.741 +3,0%
SMP 5.016 -0,2% 3.688 +2,8% 3.451 -0,3% 3.540 +0,1%
WMP 5.291 +2,1% 3.750 +1,4% 3.904 -1,0% 3.756 +0,7%
WHEY POWDER 1.411 0,0%     2.150 +3,8%    
MILK (US$/100Kg) 43,43 +7,7% 43,11 -2,6% 50,23 +0,9%    
*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
(2026-05-22)
OCEANIA
(1779400800)
EU¹
(2026-05-20)
GDT²
(2026-05-19)
Product Value % Chg* Value % Chg* Value % Chg* Value % Chg*
CHEESE 2.861 -2,4% 4.000 -0,4% 3.171 +0,8% 3.958 +1,7%
BUTTER 2.918 -5,6% 5.056 -0,1% 3.875 0,0% 4.929 +3,4%
SMP 4.326 +0,1% 3.180 +4,3% 2.970 +0,7% 3.039 +0,5%
WMP 4.563 +2,4% 3.234 +2,8% 3.360 0,0% 3.225 +1,2%
WHEY POWDER 1.217 +0,3%     1.850 +4,8%    
MILK (€/100Kg) 37,58 +10,1% 37,30 -0,4% 42,91 -0,4%    
*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 18 May 2026 +6,2% -45,9%
      ▸ farm-gate EU (13 country) Apr 2026 -3,1% -19,3%
      ▸ farm-gate USA Mar 2026 +10,1% -16,3%
  PDO cheeses…
      ▸ hard Italy 21 May 2026 +0,3% +4,7%
      ▸ semi-hard Italy 18 May 2026 0,0% -2,7%
      ▸ fresh Italy 18 May 2026 0,0% -3,9%
Cheeses Germany and Oceania 22 May 2026 -0,1% -9,0%
Butter Italy, Germany and Oceania 22 May 2026 0,0% -40,1%
SMP (Skimmed Milk Powder) Germany, Oceania and USA 22 May 2026 +1,2% +35,8%
Whey powder Germany and USA 22 May 2026 +0,1% +48,5%
  Feed input
      ▸ Corn Italy and USA 21 May 2026 +0,5% +0,0%
      ▸ Soybeans Italy and USA 21 May 2026 +1,1% +4,9%
      ▸ GMO Soybean Meal Italy 21 May 2026 +2,2% +39,8%
Oil Europe 15 May 2026 +4,4% +68,6%
Retail price
PDO hard cheeses Italy Mar 2026 -1,6% +0,9%
Fresh cheeses Italy Mar 2026 -0,8% -0,3%
Butter Italy Mar 2026 -3,1% -10,4%
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: Apr 30, 2026 643.041 tons (+0.9% on Mar 31, 2026; -0.9% on Apr, 2025)
    · EU-27
    Consumption (Production + Import - Export): Feb 28,2026 0 tons (-5,0% on Jan 31, 2026; +6,0% on Feb, 2025)
    · ITALY

    Grana Padano Stocks:
    - Marked PDO: Apr 30, 2026 2.072.507 number of wheels (-0,2% on 31 Mar 2026; +2,5% on Apr, 2025)
    - Total: Apr 30, 2026 0 number of wheels (+nan% on 31 Mar 2026; -100,0% on Apr, 2025)

  • DRY WHEY Stocks
    · US Stock: Mar 31, 2026 29.007 tons (+6.3% rispetto a Feb 28, 2026; -0.5% rispetto a Mar, 2025)

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Consortium:
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Establishment year:
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