# Difficult year ahead for EU dairy prices - report - Agriland.ie

> The European Commission's EU Agricultural Outlook says most EU dairy prices recovered in 2017 except SMP, which remains under pressure from intervention stocks. It expects significant milk production growth in 2018, led by France and Germany.

- Date: 2017-12-21 · published 2017-12-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67498-difficult-year-ahead-for-eu-dairy-prices-report-agriland-ie
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Rising EU milk output and intervention powder stocks point to weaker dairy prices in 2018. Lower EU dairy prices could make skim-based ingredients cheaper for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2022-11-22 | [Cold Storage Report Causes Milk Prices to Drop - Dairy Herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38707-cold-storage-report-causes-milk-prices-to-drop-dairy-herd.md) | -5.7% | -2.1% |
| MILK | 2017-11-03 | [World Dairy Summit: Europe and USA driving global milk production recovery - Agriland.ie](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67978-world-dairy-summit-europe-and-usa-driving-global-milk-production-recovery.md) | +1.1% | -7.2% |
| MILK | 2026-01-10 | [Milk prices lower again - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21215-milk-prices-lower-again-dairy-star.md) | -0.8% | +2.4% |
| MILK | 2021-06-25 | [As Higher Milk Production Forecasts Settle In, Can Export Demand Help Save Prices? - Dairy Herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46748-as-higher-milk-production-forecasts-settle-in-can-export-demand-help-save.md) | -2.6% | -3.6% |
| MILK | 2018-03-19 | [Milk production forecast raised in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report - Cowsmo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66147-milk-production-forecast-raised-in-the-world-agricultural-supply-and-demand.md) | -0.5% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- agriland.ie: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/difficult-year-ahead-for-eu-dairy-prices-report/

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