Butter: when was production highest?

The total butter production in the Netherlands in 2017 amounted to 139,6 million kilos of butter. In 2016 that was still 153,2 million kilos. But in which month was butter production highest? Statistics from Statistics Netherlands provide the answer.

The month of March was in 2016 the month that most butter yielded, namely 15,5 million kilos. Is this month also the frontrunner in 2017?

Highest butter production in 2017
At the top of this top 5 is the month † In this month the production of butter amounted to 13,2 million kilos of butter. If we compare that with 2016, the butter production in the same month amounted to 15,4 million kilos. This is a difference of 2,2 million kilos.

The second place is for October. That month shows a production of 12,9 million kilos. In 2016, October was good for 11,5 million kilos, a difference of 1,4 million kilos boter† The third place is for December, when production also amounted to 12,9 million kilos. In 2016, this month accounted for 11,9 million kilos, a difference of 1 million kilos of butter.

Fourth place goes to April, in which production amounted to 12,4 million kilos. In 2016, that month was good for 13,9 million kilos of butter, a difference of 500.000 kilos of butter. Fifth place is for May. In that month the butter production amounted to 11,9 million kilos. However, in 2016 that month was good for a production of 14,1 million kilos of butter. That is a difference of 2,2 million kilos of butter.

Previous years
If we go back in time, we see that butter production was slightly lower in 1995 (compared to 2017). In 1995 the total production amounted to 132,3 million kilos. The best month was January, in which 14,4 million kilos were produced. The second place is for April. In that month production amounted to 12,7 million kilos, a difference of 1,7 million kilos of butter compared to January. The third place this year was for March, with a butter production of 12,6 million kilos.

We go forward 5 years and see that the butter production in 2000 amounted to 126,2 million kilos, considerably less than in 1995. The best month was January, when the production amounted to 12,3 million kilos. The second place is for May, in which production amounted to 12,2 million kilos. Third place was for April. In that month the butter production amounted to 12,1 million kilos. Production was particularly low in September (7,1 million kilos) and August (8,2 million kilos).

In 2005 came butter production at 118,8 million kilos, again lower than 5 years earlier. January was also the best month in that year. Teon's butter production amounted to 12,3 million kilos. The second place is for December, with a production of 12,1 million kilos. Third place is for March. In that month 11,3 million kilos of butter were produced. In 2005, September was the worst month, with a production of 6,5 million kilos of butter.

In 2010, 133,4 million kilos were produced. With that came the production back to the 1995 level. January was the best month in 2010, with a production of 14,4 million kilos of butter. The second best month was March. In that month production amounted to 13,5 million kilos of butter. Third place is for April, with a butter production of 13,3 million kilos.

If we go forward another 5 years, we will arrive in 2015. In that year the butter production amounted to 147,6 million kilos, more than in 2010. December was the best month in 2015, when production amounted to 15,2, 13,4 million pounds. The second place is for May, with a production of 13 million kilos of butter. The third place is for January, with a production of XNUMX million kilos of butter.

Kimberly Baker

Kimberly Bakker is an all-round editor at Boerenbusiness. She also has an eye for the social media channels of Boerenbusiness.

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