DFC's Quarterly Skim

Welcome to the latest edition of Dairy Farmers of Canada’s (DFC) Quarterly Skim, where we take a glimpse into what is happening in the marketplace and provide insight into what to expect in the upcoming months. Our goal? To help you keep tabs on how the marketplace for dairy products 
is evolving.

In this edition for the third quarter of 2025, we look at global dairy commodity prices; provide an update on trade, and examine the CUSMA export threshold, cheese imports and other key dairy imports under Canada’s international trade agreements for the dairy year 2024-2025. We also do a comparative analysis of global farm gate and retail prices. Finally, we examine dairy sales in the Canadian market (retail, food service, and further processing).