The Turkish Statistical Institute has released data for April's milk and dairy production, showing a 1.8% increase in cow's milk collection to 889 thousand 725 tons, with a slight decrease in drinking milk production by 10.9% to 130 thousand 474 tons. Other dairy products such as yoghurt, ayran, skimmed milk powder, cream, whole milk powder, other cheeses (sheep, goat, buffalo and mixed milk), cow cheese, buttermilk, and butter also experienced various changes in production volumes compared to the previous year. The January-April period saw a general decrease in dairy production, except for whole milk powder and cow cheese, compared to the same period in the previous year.