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Ireland had on June 1, 2021 a number of 1.6 million dairy cows. This was 2.3 percent more than in 2020 and 12 percent more than in 2017.

The Denmark headquartered dairy cooperative Arla has got a patent on a technology called milk fractionation to separate milk into its different protein components. The new technology makes it possible to select of specific pure milk proteins, for example, casein and serum whey proteins. Arla is currently using the new technology manufacturing an organic food expects to launch its first organic private label infant formula solutions based on the technology during 2022.

In Denmark the France headquartered dairy cooperative Danone has sold Aqua d’Or, its Water and Beverage business in Denmark, to Royal Unibrew, a Denmark-based brewing and beverage company. The sale is part of Danone’s strategic portfolio review and of the optimization of its capital allocation.

In Denmark during the control year 2020/21 there were just over half a million cows in milk recording. There are a total of 504049 cows in the final result. That is 9776 fewer than the year before. The average production was 10518 kilogram milk, 454 kilogram fat and 380 kilogram protein, a total of 834 kilogram fat plus protein. The difference from the previous year is +14 kilogram milk, +4 kilogram fat and +2 kilogram protein. The number of recording farms was 2132 which was 130 less than the year before. The average size of the herds increased six cows to 236 cows. About 90 percent of the Danish dairy farms and cows is in a milk recording program.

An analysis done by the Nordic dairy processors organization NMSMt shows that in 2020 on Iceland and in Norway more than 60 percent of the processed milk came from farms that let milk their cows by robot. In Finland this is 46 percent, in Sweden 43 percent and in Denmark 25 percent.

Swiss research shows that pasturing cows stimulate the number of beetles in pastures. Investigations on alps detected more than 30 different species of dung beetles. On average one dung heap housed 50 beetles but individual dung heaps even contained more than 800 beetles. A cow weighing around 600 kilograms produces during her life more than 11000 kilogram dung heaps on pastures and around 120 kilogram beetles use this dung, according to the researchers.

In France the demand for organic milk is decreasing with the result that there will be a surplus of 200 million litre until the end of the year. To remove the surplus from the market, the French organic dairy cooperative Biolait asks French consumers each to buy one litre organic milk (extra). Biolait has 1400 member farmers and collects 30 percent of the French organic milk.

In Germany in October compared to September the raw material or compound value of milk at farm increased 4.4 eurocent to 43.3 eurocent per kilogram milk with 4.0 percent fat and 3.4 percent protein (exclusive VAT). This is 11.8 eurocent more than in the same month last year. The highest future price of milk for the next 18 months on the Kieler Börsenmilchwert European Energy Exchange is the price for December 2021 at 50.0 eurocent. The lowest future price is the price for January till April 2023 at 44.1 eurocent.

In Germany a study commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), which analyzed the environmental effects of various milk production systems in Germany and calculated their environmental damage costs shows that organic produced milk from cows that are on the pasture is more environmentally friendly than milk from conventional farms that are kept year round inside. The main reason for this is the cultivation of the forage. These costs were between 21 and 34 cents per kilogram of milk. Organic farms with pasturing caused the lowest environmental damage costs with up to 27 cents, conventional farms with year round inside housing had with up to 34 cents per kilogram of milk the highest environmental damage costs.

In Germany 76 percent of the produced milk is meeting the VLOG conditions. Ten years ago this was five percent. Important conditions for meeting the VLOG standard are that participating dairy farmers give their cows feed that is free from gene technology. Additionally participants apply full outside grazing at their farms.

The biggest German dairy cooperative DMK has announced that it will introduce vegan products as an alternative to dairy products, for example vegan cheese, vegan desserts.

In Belgium a study of the university of Leuven shows that CO2 emission of milk production in 2019 was 0.93 kilogram CO2 equivalent per kilogram raw milk and that in 2000 this was estimated to be 1.32 kilogram.

A Belgian study shows that cows that are treated against mastitis during a 35 day period, from five days before treatment till 30 days after starting treatment average produces 101.5 kilogram less milk.

The Holland headquartered dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina will strengthen local dairy production in Nigeria by building a mobile yoghurt plant. This will enable the company to process milk from local dairy farmers into long-life yoghurt drinks. This with the aim to support local farmers to increase their milk production, improve the quality of the milk and offer them access to the market. The plant consists of five 40 feet interlinked containers. The new yoghurt plant will start with processing 1.8 million kilograms of milk and can annually produce more than 18 million pouches of drinking yoghurt. FrieslandCampina has since 1974 own dairy plants in Nigeria.

In Holland a study of the accountancy company Flynth shows that from 2016 till 2020 on dairy farms average the costs of paid labour, contractors and machines have increased from 1272 to 1427 euro per hectare.

In Holland will the total milk production decrease ten percent when the EU farm to fork policy with 25 percent organic production will be realized

In Holland the private goat milk processor Holland Goat Milk (HGM), which is a daughter company of the China headquartered dairy Ausnutria has taken over the goat milk trader Milkconnect. In Holland has around 80 milk supplying dairy farms, Milkconnect around 20. Together they trade 140 million kilogram goat milk a year. In Holland around 550 goat farms produce around 440 million kilogram goat milk a year.

In Holland the France headquartered private dairy Danone will modernize its Nutricia plant in Zoetermeer, to increase production capacity of baby food and medical food and to make the plant more durable.

The Dutch minister of Agriculture has lifted the ban on export of cattle outside the EU, under the conditions that the cattle gets rest and food on one of the seven official rest places outside the EU. This is checked by tracking the trucks by GPS. The export was forbidden last year because there was doubt about the used rest places.

In Holland in the milk year 2020/2021 the average milk production per year of recorded cows increased six kilogram to 9209 kilogram with 4.43 percent fat and 3.61 percent protein. Average lifetime production of milk recorded dairy cows was 35624 kilogram milk with 4.37 percent fat and 3.57 percent protein, which was 1624 kilogram milk more than in the previous year. Average lifetime when leaving the farm increased 48 days to 2180 days. Between first time calving and last milk recording they made 1325 days. First calving age was average 776 days. Average milk production per day increased 0.2 kilogram to 28.7 kilogram. The rolling annual average (365 days) per cow was 9203 kilogram milk with 4.40 percent fat and 3.60 percent protein. Average milk recording farm had 106 cows, two more than in the previous year. Average calving interval was 408 days. Average cow calves 3.7 times before leaving the farm.