The production drive of Dutch dairy farmers is slowly declining

In June this year, Dutch dairy farmers delivered 1.6 percent more milk and 3.1 percent more kilos of fat than in June 2022. This means that milk production is still higher than last year, but the difference is decreasing. This is evident from the supply figures for dairy processors published by RVO. Higher fat percentage In June this year, more than 1,166 million kg of milk was supplied to Dutch dairy processors. In June last year that was almost 1,149 million kg. This means that milk production last month was 1.6 percent higher than in June last year. Because the average fat percentage of 4.31 is 0.06 percentage point higher this year than in 2022, the difference in fat production is greater: 3.1 percent. More milk all year round The milk and milk fat supply has been higher than last year all this ...