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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: April 22nd, 2025, 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

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024
January 3.648 3.418 5.706 5.380 5.436 7.422 -4,09% +36,55%
February 3.601 3.573 5.939 4.964 5.458 7.267 -2,09% +33,14%
March 3.489 3.870 6.219 4.935 5.632 7.344 +1,05% +30,39%
April 3.031 4.000 6.833 4.700 5.737 7.393 +0,67% +28,85%
May 2.902 4.091 6.976 4.666 5.923
June 3.165 4.096 7.241 4.730 6.302
July 3.333 3.970 7.189 4.609 6.518
August 3.411 3.954 7.145 4.518 6.832
September 3.479 4.077 7.221 4.418 7.537
October 3.457 4.549 7.043 4.712 7.811
November 3.478 5.099 6.586 5.148 7.672
December 3.388 5.460 5.981 5.439 7.739
Jan - Apr 3.445 3.698 6.147 5.000 5.570 7.348
Change (1) - +7,34% +66,24% -18,67% +11,40% +31,92%
Jan - Dec 3.362 4.166 6.678 4.862 6.569
Change (1) - +23,94% +60,28% -27,18% +35,10%
Source: European Commission (Milk Market Observatory)
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices.
1) change from the same period of previous year
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€/ton

2010 2015 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 % on prev. month % on 2024
January 2.961 2.919 3.631 3.389 5.845 4.748 5.442 7.425 -7,15% +36,44%
February 2.815 3.256 3.595 3.641 5.919 4.428 5.573 7.144 -3,79% +28,20%
March 2.845 3.331 3.500 4.055 6.487 4.743 5.775 7.450 +4,29% +29,00%
April 3.086 3.095 2.790 4.019 7.173 4.621 5.833 7.430 -0,27% +27,38%
May 3.671 2.988 2.881 3.963 7.068 4.579 6.163
June 3.775 3.000 3.181 3.988 7.196 4.673 6.641
July 3.800 2.935 3.420 3.830 6.961 4.463 6.706
August 3.715 2.728 3.425 3.929 6.931 4.400 7.406
September 3.755 2.840 3.490 4.160 7.035 4.551 8.163
October 3.763 3.035 3.469 4.844 6.864 4.759 8.060
November 3.681 3.019 3.431 5.325 6.166 5.365 8.125
December 3.625 2.921 3.344 5.581 5.373 5.458 7.997
Jan - Apr 2.922 3.147 3.344 3.792 6.364 4.641 5.654 7.358
Change (1) +2,86% +7,70% +6,27% +13,39% +67,80% -27,07% +21,81% +30,14%
Jan - Dec 3.458 3.003 3.340 4.218 6.617 4.708 6.776
Change (1) +25,09% -13,16% +11,23% +26,28% +56,90% -28,85% +43,92%
Butter-und Käse-börse e.V. Kempten
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices.
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years 2010, 2015, 2020, where the change is from the same period 5 years ago
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