Single to double income gaps in goat milk in France

Published Oct 23, 2021

Tridge summary

The goat dairy industry is experiencing a positive economic trend after a period of overproduction in 2012, with a significant increase in milk collection since 2015. However, the increased milk prices do not offset the rising costs in the industry, particularly due to the Covid pandemic's impact on the kid market and a surge in food costs. In 2020, the average income for specialized goat workshops was €39,500, with significant variation. The production outlook for 2021 is slightly higher than 2020, with a predicted rise in milk prices. However, the increased costs, including food, are expected to offset any profit gains.

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Original content

The increase in the price of milk does not compensate for the increase in costs in the collected goat workshops. The goat industry is experiencing a positive economic situation after a crisis of overproduction suffered in 2012. Collection has increased sharply since 2015. In 2020, it stands at 502mL (+ 4%). "Production is gradually shifting from the traditional basin (New Aquitaine) to the west," says Nicole Bossis, of the Institut de l'Elevage, during the Pays de la Loire regional goat day in September. It is in fact in this "new zone" that the evolution of collection is fastest, the traditional zone "seems to be more penalized by its age pyramid". € 39,500 income / UMO The estimates of the Livestock Institute concerning the current result of the specialized goat workshops (deliverers) in conventional stand at € 39,500 / UMO in 2020 but with a great heterogeneity of € 25,500 at 54,800 € / UMO, for 2.2 UMO, 355 goats (320,000L sold) on 58ha including 34ha of SFP. These differences ...

Source: Paysan Breton