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The production of organic milk is growing in Europe

In the first months of this year, the quantity delivered was almost 50 percent. higher than a year earlier.

The reasons are a very strong increase in the number of organic milk producers as well as a larger production volume per farm.
The French agricultural information service Agrosalon expects production to increase by around two-thirds by 2019.
This year, growth again appeared. In the first two months of the year, it accelerated to almost 50 percent.
The share of organic milk in total milk production in France last year was 2.6 percent. At the beginning of 2018, it was 3.1 percent.
In the first two months of 2018, French farmers received between 50.1 and 49.6 eurocents per kilo for organic milk.
The French agriculture authority FranceAgrimer said in February 2018 that there are a total of 2 846 organic milk producers in the country. In previous years, the number of organic dairy farmers was relatively stable. The average monthly volume of deliveries from the economy in February 2018 amounted to slightly below 22 thousand. kg. In 2017, it was 19,000. kg per month.
Most organic milk is used to produce drinking milk according to data from FranceAgrimer. In this case, the share of the organic milk market in total milk production amounted to 7.6%, which is by far the highest of all product groups.
Biojogens had the second highest market share at the level of 3.4 percent, followed by organic butter at a share of 2.3 percent. Less than 2 percent market share reached: cheese from 1.6 percent, and 1.0 percent. Sour cream. milk desserts, other types of cheese and powdered milk had less than 1.0 percent. market share.