Dairy farming

In the first half of 2024, Bulgaria processed 500,000 tons of milk. Cow's cheese production saw the most significant growth, increasing by 10% compared to the previous year. Conversely, goat cheese production fell by 15%, reflecting a reduction in goat milk production. Butter production also decreased by 27%, while white brine cheese experienced a 5% increase.

Turkey collected nearly 728,000 tons of cow milk in November, the country's statistical authority announced on Jan. 13.

The November figure dropped by 2.1 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said in a statement.

A Turkish dog famed for its shepherding skills and people-friendliness is now making its mark all over the globe, said a breeder of canines on June 4.

Last year, cow milk yields in Turkey dropped compared to 2016, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on Feb. 13. 

Standing in his rubber boots in his fields surrounded by his beloved Red Holstein cows, Dutch farmer Gerard Hartveld has an air of resignation as he contemplates the future.
 
Hartveld says he is a dairy farmer in "his heart" and soul. Yet, his heart is heavy knowing that, like many who work the land today in The Netherlands, he has no-one to inherit his family farm.
 

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EU member Croatia has angered Bosnia by making a last-minute decision to block four Bosnian EU-certified dairy producers from exporting products to the European Union.

The move shocked Bosnian officials and farmers, some of whom are threatening a trade war unless the issue is swiftly resolved.

Bulgarian dairy farmers will stage a national protest on Friday due to the low purchasing price of milk and the lack of state strategy and support for the livestock breeding sector.

The producers are intending to block the traffic on the road between the towns of Dimitrovgrad and Haskovo on two occasions.

Bosnian authorities are preparing a response to EU's Food and Veterinary Office, FVO, in which they will outline how they aim to meet conditions that would open up the EU market to Bosnia's dairy farmers.

The EU market remains closed to Bosnia's dairy farmers because the country does not meet EU hygienic standards has not harmonized all the relevant laws in this sector.

More than 1,000 Romanian farmers took part in a protest on Thursday in Bucharest, demanding more subsidies from the government and expressing fears that the EU decision to scrap milk production quotas will ruin them.