Milk

The agricultural producer price index increased by 5.3%  for the second quarter of 2019 compared to the same quarter of 2018, the NSI reported. The price index of crop production increased by 5.8% and of livestock production - by 4.6%. Compared to the previous year, prices of agricultural products increased by 4.1%, in crop production by 4.9% and in animal husbandry - by 3.0%.

Turkey's integrated dairies collected 835,172 tons of cow's milk in June,Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) reported on Aug. 8. 

The production of Vlachas condensed milk, one of the country's most popular, will cease in Greece after the decision by local company Delta Foods to shut down the condensed milk factory at Platy in Imathia, central Macedonia. Delta decided that the unit's operation is no longer profitable.

Funny, educational and very tasty - such will be the Children's Day for kids and their parents if they visit the specially organised organic products market. It will take place on June 1st in the Zaimov Park, next to the Sofia Theater. Over 40 organic producers will offer a variety of natural products grown in Bulgaria which were supported under the Rural Development Program (2014-2020).

Turkey's cow milk production reached 838,444 tons in March, official figures showed on May 13.

The milk price war that started in 2009, the reduction in demand for milk and yogurt due to the economic crisis, and the extensive promotional activities by certain supermarket chains, with suppliers following suit, have dramatically changed the picture of the dairy industry in Greece since the milk cartel case back in 2006.

7200 liters of alcohol, masked as coconut milk, was seized by customs officers in the Danube Bridge 2 area during an inspection carried out on March 15, the Customs Agency reported.
 

Brnabic said afterwards that that all milk producers will have to test their products twice a month in the National Milk Control Laboratory, the government announced.

Brnabic explained that the analysis will be free, with each producer getting guidance on what to do if there are deviations in the quality of their products from European standards.

Sofia. The implementation of the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme is resumed at the beginning of the school year in the participating EU countries, the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria said.

Since the start of the economic crisis in Greece, the fresh milk market has taken quite a battering, as shrinking incomes have turned many consumers to products with a longer shelf life - such as HTST pasteurized milk, which lasts two to three weeks, or ultra-pasteurized milk, which can last up to nine months before the carton is opened - to avoid paying for a product that will go off before th