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IRELAND: Milkfat supply

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This page contains a chart showing the Ireland deliveries’ milkfat monthly changes, in comparison with the butter price development.

Milkfat changes, converted into butter equivalent 82% fat, are calculated on the rolling year: for each month, the milkfat production is added to the production of the previous 11 months. With this method is always considered the total production in a 12-months time window, so it is possible to identify the trend without the effect of seasonality.

The chart below shows the three-year trend of the fat component in the Ireland milk, while the table summarizes the average monthly prices of Butter.

Updates are detected twice a day. Last Update: February 20th, 2019, h: 00.00

Find out the monthly milkfat supply of the European Union and in the largest European milk Producers: Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium

€/ton Germany
Average Monthly prices of Butter
Deutsche Markenbutter, lose
2004 2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 % on prev. month % on 2018
January 3.017 2.138 3.915 2.919 2.823 4.275 4.135 4.475 +1,32% +8,22%
February 2.980 2.170 3.638 3.256 2.660 4.063 4.669 4.400 -1,68% -5,76%
March 2.980 2.175 3.650 3.331 2.450 4.230 4.844
April 2.995 2.173 3.550 3.095 2.450 4.413 5.438
May 3.000 2.168 3.413 2.988 2.521 4.980 5.990
June 3.004 2.259 3.466 3.000 2.915 5.863 6.069
July 3.015 2.375 3.518 2.935 3.256 6.213 5.550
August 3.015 2.400 3.225 2.728 3.602 6.660 5.655
September 3.010 2.675 3.038 2.840 4.288 6.906 5.513
October 2.975 3.225 3.050 3.035 4.331 6.141 4.863
November 2.960 3.513 3.019 3.019 4.400 5.050 4.488
December 2.960 3.331 2.883 2.921 4.400 4.443 4.417
Average 2.992 2.552 3.374 3.003 3.331 5.287 5.152 4.450
Change (1) -2,42% -4,51% -14,60% -11,00% +10,92% +58,75% -2,57% +1,78%
Butter-und Käse-börse e.V. Kempten
1) change from the same period of previous year
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