The quantity of cow's milk collected by commercial dairy enterprises increased by 4.6 percent in September compared to the same month of the previous year.
The quantity of cow's milk collected by commercial dairy enterprises increased by 4.6 percent in September compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) for September 2023. In September, commercial dairy enterprises collected 786,213 tons of cow's milk. The amount of cow's milk collected by commercial dairy enterprises increased by 4.6 percent in September compared to the same month of the previous year and by 3.1 percent in the January-September period compared to the same period of the previous year.
In September, compared to the same month of the previous year, cow cheese production increased by 7.7 percent, buttermilk production by 6.5 percent, yogurt production by 4.0 percent, and drinking milk production by 0.4 percent, while butter production decreased by 8.6 percent.
In the January-September period, compared to the same period of the previous year, cow cheese production increased by 9.2 percent, buttermilk production by 7.1 percent, and yogurt production by 3.5 percent, while butter production decreased by 11.4 percent, and drinking milk production decreased by 1.9 percent.
The quantity of cow's milk collected by commercial dairy enterprises in September decreased by 4.5 percent, reaching 786,213 tons, compared to the previous month, where it was 823,067 tons. The production of drinking milk, which was 111,497 tons in the previous month, increased by 11 percent in September, reaching 123,742 tons.