No more pluses in Dutch milk reception

For the first time since March 2014, the Dutch milk supply no longer shows any growth compared to a year earlier. December's milk intake even dips several tons below the line from a year earlier. This emerges from the figures of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). 

In December, the Dutch processors collected 1.204.730 tons of milk. In percentage terms, a difference of 0 percent compared to a year earlier. In tons a decrease of 127 tons. This is a minimal difference, but it is the first decrease since March 2014. 

It remains more or less a guess as to the cause of the lower supply figures. A little clue comes from the field. More and more dairy farmers indicate that it is not milking. This may be the result of the lower quality silage grass, but there also appear to be local problems with the health of cows. On top of that, there is the money-for-less-milk scheme. The phosphate reduction plan has so far played a minor role.

Although there are fewer liters of milk, the contents are higher. While a fat percentage of 2015 percent could be recorded for December 4,47, December 2016 yields a percentage of 4,58 percent. This translates into a 2,4 percent higher fat yield, which amounts to 55.143 tonnes.

For the whole of 2016, milk receipts amounted to 14,32 million tons. An increase of 7,49 percent compared to 2015.  

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