Turkey: Approximately 15 billion lira support was provided to raw milk producers in 5 years

According to the compilation made by the AA correspondent from the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the National Milk Council on the occasion of "June 1 World Milk Day", 21 million 481 thousand 567 tons of raw milk were produced in Turkey last year. 92.9 percent of raw milk production was from cow, 4.3 percent from sheep, 2.5 percent from goat and 0.2 percent from buffalo. Across the country, the amount of cow milk collected by commercial dairy enterprises increased by 7.7 percent in March compared to the same month last year, reaching 982 thousand 322 tons. The amount in question increased by 8.5 percent in the January-March period compared to the same period of 2023, reaching 2 million 799 thousand 328 tons. Drinking milk production by dairy enterprises increased by 0.8 percent in March compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 139 thousand 794 tons. In the January-March period, drinking milk production increased by 2.5 percent on an annual ...