EU dairies process less milk, according to the EC

According to the EC, a total of 74.02 million tonnes of raw milk were collected in 27 Member States, by 503 thousand. tons, or 0.7 percent. less than in the first half of 2021. Less milk Germany and France, as the two largest powers in EU milk production, had a significant share in this: in Germany, milk supplies to dairies fell by 1.5%. to 16.15 million tons, in France by 1.4 percent. up to 12.52 million tons. Production in the Netherlands also fell by 1.5%. up to 6.91 million tons. An even greater drop in milk supplies was recorded in the countries of south-eastern Europe: Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria, where they fell by 4.6 to 6.5 percent. In contrast, dairies of the fourth largest milk producer in the Community, Italy, were able to process 6.78 million tonnes of raw milk unchanged. There were also countries where the amount of milk increased compared to the first half of 2021. Milk deliveries in Denmark, Latvia and Estonia increased by 0.5 to 1.1 percent. The largest ...