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2006: less milk supplied to dairies

In 2006, German milk producers supplied 1.9 % less milk to German dairies than in the previous year. At 27.14 million tonnes, the total quantity of milk was the lowest since 2002. The 0.5 % quota increase on 1st April 2006 did nothing to stimulate milk production.

The reasons for the decline in milk deliveries lie primarily in the great reduction in dairy herd levels. In November 2006 there were 4.03 million. dairy cows in Germany, which was 3.2 % fewer than in the previous year. This ...

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Increase in production of German dairies/Growth in cheese production

A good production year for German dairies

There was a sufficient supply of raw milk in the German market. It proved possible to use processing capacities more fully, and production figures rose. This also applies to fresh milk products. As a result of the hot summer of 2006, the production of yoghurt suppliers increased sharply. There was also increased demand from abroad, and export rose. The new accession countries as a whole showed high demand, and the German dairies were ...

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2006 – a "creamy” year

In 2006, cream production in Germany was also extended. When the weather was good, cream and cream products sold well within Germany, and there was interest from other countries too. A total of 560,000 tonnes of cream products was produced, which was 1.5 % more than in 2005, despite negative indicators from agricultural policy.

The agricultural reform had a particularly large impact on the milk fat market. The butter intervention price was reduced by a total of 25 %, making it very ...

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Dairy products manufacturing (1,000 t)

	1996	2008	2009		2009:2008 ± in %

Consumer milk*	5,613	5,132	5,288		3%
Pasteurised milk*	2,172	1,452	1,417		-2.4%
Ultra-high heated milk	3,431	3,651	3,803		4.2%
Buttermilk	193	161	159		-1.2%

Fresh milk products	2,273	2,961	2,950		-0.4%
Yoghurt and yoghurt products	1,276	1,685	1,643		-2.5%

* from 2008 without Industry Milk
Source: Federal Bureau of Statistics, Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Central Market and Price Reporting Office, Association of Dairy Producers

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