Netherlands' milk supply in the first quarter of 2023 more than four percent above 2022
Cow Milk
Dairy
Netherlands
Published May 3, 2023
Tridge summary
In the first quarter of this year, Dutch dairy farmers supplied 3.555 billion kg of milk to dairy processors. This means that the milk supply was 4.1 percent (141 million kg) higher than in 2022.
Original content
The chain organization ZuivelNL reports this in its monthly market report. Also 11 percent more slaughters Since June last year, the monthly milk supply has been above that of the previous year. In March 2023, almost 4 percent more milk was produced than in the same month in 2022. It is remarkable that the number of cattle slaughters is also rising this year. In the first 15 weeks of 2023, approximately 150,000 cattle were slaughtered, more than 11 percent more than in the first 15 weeks of 2022. Slight production increase in EU In the entire EU, milk supply has been increasing since September last year, but the growth is not great. For example, the produced volume in February of this year increased by 0.5 percent compared to the same month in 2022. There are, incidentally, clear differences in production development in the various regions. Production rose sharply in Northwest Europe (Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands), but production fell in South Europe (France, Italy and ...
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