Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVI, Issue 1
Written by Bogdan MIHAI, Paula POSAN, Gheorghe Emil MĂRGINEAN, Mihai ALEXANDRU, Livia VIDU
Production of milk is one of the most problematic sectors of agriculture, both in the EU and in Romania. This paper aims to analyse the evolution of milk production and dairy products at the national and EU level, between 2017 and 2022. The data of the National Institute of Statistics, Eurostat and other public sources were statistically processed for establishing trends at the level of main European milk producers and processors and several countries neighbouring Romania. At the national level, the average quantities of milk collected by the processing units increased slightly from 2017 to 2021, but in 2020 and 2021, the amount of milk has a downward trend. In the first part of 2022, the milk production remained at a low level, only during September-November were higher values recorded than in the same periods of 2020 and 2021. Romania's milk production falls for the second year in a row in 2022, under pressure from rising costs (especially fuel and energy) of the drought that has affected the feed quantity and quality and imposition of prices by large processors.
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