In 2007, U.S. diary exports rose 300 per cent from 2006. This paper discusses the international market factors that led to this large increase and then projects exports for 2008 based on these changing factors. The paper also discusses trade agreements both in effect and proposed and how these...

Review of the dairy trade situation in 2004 and speculation on dairy trade issues in 2005. Includes U.S. dairy trade statistics for 2004 by product and commodity and a summary of current and pending international trade negotiations.

This Discussion Paper explores the value of U.S. dairy exports and imports in 2006. It also looks at the influence the ongoing negotiations under the Doha Round of the WTO will have on trade in the long-run and the prospects for reaching a world trade agreement prior to expiration of U.S. "fast...

New Zealand and Australia comprise the largest dairy exporting block in world markets and the dairy industries of both countries have geared up in recent years to expand production of dairy products. The report synthesizes observations and insights from a site visit by the authors in February...

In this fourth Babcock Institute country study, Ireland's dairy industry was selected because (a) it reveals advantages and challenges associated with a pasture-based production system that is unique in the EU, (b) the country's dairy industry provides an excellent case study of the effects of...

In the second edition of the Babcock series of in depth analysis of the dairy industry of one country, Poland was selected because it is the largest dairy producer of the ten countries admitted into the European Union in 2004. The dairy industry in Poland has been restructuring since the 1990s...

U.S. diary exports rose from 2005 to 2006, lessening the deficit between dairy imports and exports. This paper discusses the products that contributed most to the increase in exportation, and anticipates further gains in 2007. The paper goes on to discuss the WTO trade agreement stall and the...