Spain: The production of cow cheese grows by 8.1% while butter reduced by more than 21%

The monthly survey carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the dairy industries has seen how the October 2021 survey was recently published, which shows how deliveries have risen 0.6% in relation to those of 2020 , in the first 10 months of the current year, going from 6,225,900 tons to the current 6,264,200. More than half of that production is dedicated to the production of milk for direct consumption, also growing by almost 11% compared to the data from the previous season, reaching 3,287,400 tons. The most significant drop, regarding the destination of the milk obtained by farmers, is that suffered by butter, which has seen its production fall by 21.3% in the last years from the 37,100 tons in 2020 to the current 29,200 On the contrary, cheese production is experiencing a sharp rise of 8.1%, going from 156,900 tons in the previous season to 169,700 that were recorded in the first ten months of 2020. Yogurt production continues to grow, increasing in ...