The number of cattle sheds in Italy has almost halved in ten years with a negative peak in 2015, a year which saw an all-time low of 33,000 farms compared to the 60,000 active ones in 2005. This is according to a study by Coldiretti entitled 'Italian Milk – a
There is an overproduction of milk in the world according to the Milk Market Observatory which in February registered a 5.6% increase in production in the European Union alone. A decrease in the demand for milk has pushed up the percentage of processed products, such as butter (+8.2%), milk powder
Pastures in Italy occupy an area of 4.7 million hectares. More than a quarter of this area is in Sardinia which has 1,212,000 hectares – 60% of the island's surface. These pastures are of considerable value as they enjoy a high level of biodiversity and are an integral part of
Sardinian milk is antibiotic free. It means that the product that is sold, supplied and transformed doesn´t contain any antibiotic. In fact, if, after the milking, the product is contaminated, it has a different usage destination: the production of biogas. These assurances come from the technicians of the Regional Association
About 200 delegates, from 20 milk producer countries, participated to the Annual Conference of the European Dairy Association (EDA), that took place recently in Edinburgh. Despite of some details, everybody generally agreed that prospects in the dairy sector remain positive, although the global crisis it went through this last year.
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Long before becoming the Startup Nation, Israel was known as the land of milk and honey. Remaining proud of these praises, Israel became over the years one of the main global actor for milking. Few years ago the Isrealian Central Office for Statistics (similar to the italian ISTAT) has announced that
"Milk and cooperation in the post milk-shares era in Europe" is the topic of an international conference, organized by Granarolo within the Expo 2015. This debate started from some significant data: in the last ten years the agroindustrial commerce recorded an increase worldwide of over 220%, from 527 to about
