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Polish milk supply stagnates
While Polish dairy farms produced significantly more milk in January than in the same month in previous years, growth came to a halt in February 2021. Milk supply is also below last year's level, but that is partly due to the fact that last year was a leap year.
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Polish dairy farms delivered a total of 964.150 tons of milk in February. That is 3,7% less than February last year. The Polish milk lake has been showing year-on-year growth for years.
It is the first time since June 2019 that production has shrunk on a monthly basis compared to the same month a year earlier. The annual decline can be explained. Last year it was a leap year and February had an extra day, which also provided more room for milk production.
Cold weather conditions
Compared to the milk supply of January this year, the decrease is 8,2%. February's stagnant growth compared to the previous month may be caused by very cold winter weather in the first weeks of February. Last year February was quite mild, which actually benefited production.
The upward trend remains intact
It does not seem that the increasing trend in Polish milk production over the past 5 years has stopped. The figures for February are still well above the 5-year average. On average, over the last 5 years, just under 942.000 tons of milk were produced in the month of February. Production for February 2021, at more than 964.000 tons, is still 22.000 tons above the average 5-year level.
Production is expected to recover in March. Seasonally, the most milk is collected in Poland from March to July.