Milk and milk products, October 2023

The quantity of collected milk still lower than last year

Compared to October 2022, 3% less milk was collected from agricultural holdings. Dairies decreased the production of drinking milk and butter, and increased the production of cream, cheese and acidified milk.

  • 30 November 2023 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
In October, too, less milk collected

The amount of milk collected in October decreased by 3% compared to a year ago. Compared to the previous month, the quantity of collected milk went up by 2.7%, while the total quantity of milk collected in the first ten months of this year remained 2.6% lower than in the same period last year as around 12,700 tonnes less cows’ milk was collected.

At the monthly level, dairies increased production, except of butter and drinking milk

Dairies produced over 23% more cream, around 12% more cheese, 7% more acidified milk and 2% more milk powder. The production of butter, on the other hand, decreased by more than 9% and of drinking milk by almost 4%.

More acidified milk, cream and cheese, and less butter, drinking milk and milk powder than a year ago

In recent months, we have been noticing a considerable increase in the production of acidified milk. In October 2023, dairies produced almost 4,600 tonnes of acidified milk, which is a more than 22% increase over October 2022. Dairies also produced almost 9% more cream and over 6% more cheese. The production of other milk products decreased: of milk powder by almost 36%, of butter by almost 19% and of drinking milk by more than 8%.

In the first ten months, lower production of all milk products, except acidified milk

From January to October, Slovenian dairies produced more than 7% more acidified milk products than in the same period last year. The production of other groups of milk products decreased: cream by almost 5%, cheese and butter by around 4%, and drinking milk by around 3%. They also produced almost 47% less milk powder.

Average price of raw milk in the EU continues to fall

In the first nine months, dairies in the EU collected 0.5% more cows’ milk than in the same period last year, and increased the production of milk products, with the exception of whole milk powder. Compared to last September, they collected 0.8% less milk. This decrease is due to a strong decrease in collected milk in France (minus 88,000 tonnes or almost 5%). The average price of raw milk in the EU decreased for the ninth consecutive month, but the decrease was lower than in the previous month (this time by 0.2% to EUR 0.435 per kg). The milk price is expected to increase slightly in October.


The table with the latest data is available in the SiStat Database.

Cow's milk collected from farms, Slovenia
Cow's milk collected from farms, Slovenia
Cow’s milk collected from farms, Slovenia
Okt
2022
Sep
2023
Okt
2023
Jan–Oct
2022
Jan–Oct
2023
Oct 2023
Sep 2023
Oct 2023
Oct 2022
Jan–Oct 2023
Jan–Oct 2022
tonnesgrowth rate (%)
Total45,74843,20244,381484,619471,9412.7-3.0-2.6
  Slovene dairies30,55828,13929,855335,647313,1116.1-2.3-6.7
Average fat and protein content of milk collected by Slovene dairies, Slovenia
Okt
2022
Sep
2023
Okt
2023
Jan–Oct
2022
Jan–Oct
2023
Oct 2023
Sep 2023
Oct 2023
Oct 2022
Jan–Oct 2023
Jan–Oct 2022
%growth rate (%)
Fat4.234.094.174.154.172.0-1.40.5
Protein3.463.373.443.383.402.1-0.60.7
Net production of milk products in Slovene dairies, Slovenia
Okt
2022
Sep
2023
Okt
2023
Jan–Oct
2022
Jan–Oct
2023
Oct 2023
Sep 2023
Oct 2023
Oct 2022
Jan–Oct 2023
Jan–Oct 2022
tonnesgrowth rate (%)
Drinking milk11,73811,16810,767123,698119,671-3.6-8.3-3.3
Cream8497499258,7478,33823.48.9-4.7
Acidified milk3,7374,2864,57139,21542,0546.722.37.2
Milk powderzzzzz2.0-35.9-46.7
Butter – total (in butter equivalent)2302071881,7791,708-9.4-18.5-4.0
Cheese from cow’s milk only1,3421,2741,42913,47213,00612.16.4-3.5
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METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Monthly data for 2023 are provisional. With each First Release the data can be corrected and completed with new data. Final data for 2023 will be published by 14 February 2024.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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