The season of big milk came to Ukraine this year much earlier than always — at the end of January. So processors decided to begin to decrease purchase prices. The farmer gets less and less, but consumers should pay same money. In case with cheese and butter — even more.

Industry experts believe that processor just shifts its inefficiency to other participants of the dairy market. What’s next?

The meeting of the initiative group was held on March 28. They analysed the situation on the3 market and looked for way out of this difficult situation. Milk producers from the central and southern regions of Ukraine, representatives of FAO, EBRD and several processing companies engaged in this discussion.

Read more in the magazine «Milk and Farm» № 2 (39), April 2017.