Dairy farms of all categories of producers produced 556,000 tons in March 2025. tons of raw milk, which is 117,000 tons or 27% more than in February 2025. About this reported in the Association of Milk Producers (AVM).
The association noted that for January-March 2025, the volume of milk production in Ukraine amounted to 1.44 million tons, which is 53 thousand tons more than tons (-4%) less compared to the same period last year. In March 2025, enterprises accounted for 49% of raw milk production, while households provided 51%.
According to data, in March 2025, enterprises produced 272,000 tons of raw milk, which is 33 thousand tons (+14%) more than in February 2025, and by 16 thousand tons (+6%) more compared to March 2024. In the first quarter of 2025, MTF produced 771,000 tons of raw milk, which is 37,000 tons (+5%) more than last year.
In households, in March 2025, milk production amounted to 284,000 tons of milk, which is 84 thousand tons more (+42%) compared to February 2025, but by 37 thousand tons less (-11%) compared to March 2024. In three months of 2025, the domestic sector produced 676,000 tons of raw milk, which is 90 thousand tons (-12%) less than in the corresponding period of 2024.
AVM analyst Georgy Kukhaleishvili drew attention to the fact that in the first quarter of 2025, the number of regions where MTFs increased the volume of milk production increased. Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil and Zhytomyr regions are among the new leaders. However, the growth of production in the industrial sector under conditions of unstable dairy market, global market fluctuations and unstable purchase prices is not beneficial for the industry.
“The volume of production of dairy products in Ukraine is currently ahead of the volume of its sale. In the domestic market, there is a decrease in demand for dairy products in the conditions of increased rocket and bomb attacks by the Russian occupiers on cities with millions and the outflow of their residents abroad. At the same time, milk processing enterprises strive to promote the restoration of demand for dairy products from the population with the help of discounts and promotional offers in retail chains”, explained the AVM.
The business association also warned that a further increase in cheese imports threatens cheese production in Ukraine: if the current pace is maintained, by the end of 2025 the share of imported cheese may reach 80%, which will force domestic cheese factories to stop working and exacerbate the problem of milk surplus.
