PROF. DR. MUHİTTİN ÖZDER: NO REDUCTION IN MILK PRODUCTION CAPACITY DUE TO COVID-19 ACROSS TURKEY
National Dairy Council (USK) Chairman Prof. Dr. Muhittin Özder, stating that there is no reduction in milk production capacity since the outbreak a novel of coronavirus (Covid-19) across Turkey and said, "On the other hand we are about to get into a new term in which production will increase due to seasonality reasons." Özder explained that the sector is in a position to meet the demand in milk and dairy products and emphasized that farmers continue to produce raw milk and industrial sector producing dairy products work in this regard. Özder also pointed out that it is one of the most important duties to follow the market continuously as USK. "There has not been any decrease in the milk producers' production capacity since the first day of the Covid-19 outbreak. We clearly see the stability in the raw milk supply and raw milk quantities collected by our dairy industrialists on a daily basis," Özder noted. On the other hand, remembering the dairy indust...