THE AMOUNT OF COLLECTED COW'S MILK IN APRIL DECREASED BY 6.7 PER CENT...

Milk and Milk Products, April 2019...

Milk collected by integrated dairies was 847 thousand 19 tonnes...

The amount of collected cow's milk in April decreased by 6.7% when compared to the same month of the previous year.

Drinking milk production by integrated dairies became 138 thousand 731 tonnes in April and decreased by 2.3% when compared to the same month of the previous year. Cheese production from cow's milk was 59 thousand 612 tonnes and decreased by 6.2% when compared to the same month of the previous year. Cheese production from sheep, goat, buffalo and mixed milk was 4 thousand 13 tonnes decreased by 17.9% when compared to the same month of the previous year.

Yoghurt production became 99 thousand 309 tonnes in April and decreased by 1.7% when compared to same month of the previous year. Drink made of yoghurt production became 61 thousand 430 tonnes and decreased by 5.6% when compared to the same month of the previous year.

In April the average fat rate of cow's milk collected by integrated dairies was 3.5%, the average rate of protein was 3.2%.

Collected cow's milk, April 2019

Seasonal and calendar adjusted amount of collected cow's milk in April when compared to the previous month increased by 1%. Calendar adjusted amount of collected cow's milk in April when compared to the same month of the previous year decreased by 7.1%.

Source: TurkStat