Milk Intake Down 0.9%

The intake of raw milk in February 2013 fell by 0.9% on the same period in 2012 to 757m litres. The majority of the intake was used in the production of liquid milk and cheese, mainly cheddar. The milk total intake included 12.5m litres of skim milk and 12m litres of cream.

A total of 175m litres of whole milk was separated of which 141m litres were skim milk and 46m litres were cream. The total available were 582m litres of whole milk, 153m litres of skim milk and 46m litres of cream. Other products included powders, yogurt and condensed milk which accounted for 25m litres of whole milk, 40m litres of skim milk amd 2m litres of cream.

Milk Intake Down 4.5% On Last Year

The raw whole milk intake for November 2012 was 4.5% down on November last year at 716m litres according to Defra data. Nearly 361m litres of whole milk and 97m litres of skim milk went to use as liquid milk. Cheese production accounted for over 134m litres of whole milk and 23m litres of skim milk. The survey by Defra regularly accounts for about 95% of milk available for processing into a range of milk products. The other 5% is used in the production of liquid milk and cheese and products like cream, yogurt and other milk products.

Volume Of Milk 5.6% Up

The latest release from Defra on milk used by dairies in England and Wales tells us that the intake of raw whole milk was 813m litres, a 5.6% increase on April 2010.

The milk was used for a range of liquid milk and milk products including 346m litres of whole milk and 102m litres of skim milk used for liquid milk and 172m litres of whole milk and 24m litres of skim milk used for cheese production. Milk used in yogurt production was included as part of the 29,434,000 litres of whole milk used to produce yogurt, condensed milk and other dairy products. Over 97m litres of skim milk and nearly 2m litres of cream were also used in the production of yogurt.

The total separated from the total intake for skim milk and cream was 237,891,000 litres leaving the total available 575,471,000 litres.