Dairy industry

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.

A sharp increase in the production of imitation dairy products has been observed in Bulgaria, according to the latest information board on "Milk and Dairy Products" published by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Farmers in several Serbian towns and cities will use their machinery to block roads until their demands for the state to improve their position are met, a representative of the Initiative for the Survival of Serbian Farmers, Djoka Curcic, said.

"The blockades will start this morning and will last several hours a day until our demands are fulfilled," Curcic told Beta news agency.

Based in Kobarid in the north-west of the country, Mlekarna Planika is Slovenia's fourth largest dairy. What makes it special is that it sources all its milk locally, mostly from farms in the Alpine region of Posočje. Part of its success is that the farmers indirectly own the dairy through their cooperative.

What Dimitris and Michalis Sarantis know how to do well is to bring forgotten companies back to the forefront. It happened with Olympus. It happened with Rodopi. Will it happen with AGNO?

We will soon find out, as the Thessalian Hellenic Dairies group of the Sarantis brothers is soon to reintroduce the AGNO products to the Greek market.

Dairy cooperative THESgala, which brought consumers the option of buying fresh milk and other dairy products at coin-operated vending machines, is about to change the way it distributes and sells its produce, according to the streamlining plan that has been submitted as it seeks to restructure its heavy borrowing.

Turkish dairy products, supplied by half a million domestic producers, are sold in 88 countries around the world, said the head of
an industry group on Sept. 25.