Italy: Asiago Cheese Production
This page provides, in a given period of time, data related to Italian production of Asiago cheese in both types: Asiago
  • Asiago pressato (fresh): aged for 20 days and wheel range from 11 kg to 15 kg;
    (organized by Provinces and Regions here);

  • Asiago d'allevo (mature): aged from 4 to 6 months ("mezzano"), to one year or longer (maximum 2 years) only for 8-12 kg per wheel cheese.
    (organized by Provinces and Regions here).
Production figures are represented on the two graphs at the bottom of the page.

The Asiago cheese is a high quality P.D.O. product.

Asiago cheese production area is located in the north east of Italy (Venetian Region and Trentino) and in particular in four provinces: the whole area of Vicenza and Trento and part of Padua and Treviso.

The milk collection and production areas is set by law.
Each wheel is numbered and its authenticity is guaranteed by a brand on the side of the wheel and by a certificate issued by "Consorzio di tutela per il formaggio Asiago". The number indicated on the wheel allows to find out the date of its production, the producing process characteristics and the name of the relevant milk producer.

The Asiago cheese is quoted weekly on the markets of Milan and Thiene.

Clic here to download the ASIAGO policy document (D.M. 03/08/2006 Gazzetta Ufficiale n.190 del 17/08/06)

Production of Asiago Pressato (20 days)
Number of wheels  
Month 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ± % on 2012
January
120.846
123.711
123.371
128.179
122.598
118.235
114.368
122.432
129.079
+5,43%
February
112.460
115.102
109.476
125.033
117.504
114.894
102.370
118.264
112.805
-4,62%
March
129.533
126.021
117.751
123.561
126.812
138.509
125.131
140.543
123.987
-11,78%
April
121.344
123.279
123.247
114.580
117.609
126.147
117.480
124.525
126.214
+1,36%
May
123.907
127.472
117.378
119.170
107.507
114.627
117.691
118.191
116.400
-1,52%
June
111.685
119.641
114.365
117.358
115.385
112.577
105.791
115.274
 
July
109.158
110.958
106.680
114.993
123.159
111.738
118.804
112.329
 
August
132.877
120.709
116.147
115.570
114.457
107.340
132.317
119.177
 
September
123.150
119.600
111.231
121.965
124.256
113.623
114.125
111.892
 
October
130.510
122.903
119.155
136.599
142.471
128.333
124.391
132.691
 
November
128.814
116.080
114.215
124.960
133.475
132.369
127.470
129.867
 
December
122.658
121.920
116.354
120.639
124.261
120.907
122.467
117.021
 
Total 1.466.942 1.447.396 1.389.370 1.462.607 1.469.494 1.439.299 1.422.405 1.462.206 608.485
Variation %
+4,90%
-1,33%
-4,01%
+5,27%
+0,47%
-2,05%
-1,17%
+2,80%
-2,48%¹
Last Update: 2013-06-10
1) change from the same period of previous year
Source: Consorzio Tutela Formaggio Asiago
 
Production of Asiago d'Allevo (over 60 days)
Number of wheels  
Month 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ± % on 2012
January
30.534
26.977
28.088
23.766
24.013
28.142
24.538
31.156
20.098
-35,49%
February
28.715
28.516
29.853
26.573
22.730
29.558
22.653
28.298
20.329
-28,16%
March
31.522
31.394
30.811
31.242
26.192
24.030
23.028
29.627
21.018
-29,06%
April
31.697
26.799
27.312
30.823
26.689
23.741
22.133
32.512
21.867
-32,74%
May
30.711
30.651
31.245
29.452
27.283
22.724
23.361
34.361
23.700
-31,03%
June
22.227
24.264
26.099
22.349
25.474
19.856
19.001
21.279
 
July
19.157
20.529
22.907
20.400
25.148
15.778
16.421
14.882
 
August
16.919
18.930
23.087
14.669
24.853
13.525
18.488
12.042
 
September
18.884
19.733
19.140
16.026
20.751
12.157
19.383
13.961
 
October
18.762
23.450
21.379
18.461
19.281
16.600
19.025
15.991
 
November
21.834
23.952
22.451
18.423
19.863
17.725
19.971
18.644
 
December
25.845
24.725
24.734
22.978
25.428
21.917
27.351
19.594
 
Total 296.807 299.920 307.106 275.162 287.705 245.753 255.353 272.347 107.012
Variation %
-5,17%
+1,05%
+2,40%
-10,40%
+4,56%
-14,58%
+3,91%
+6,66%
-31,38%¹
Last Update: 2013-06-10
1) change from the same period of previous year
Source: Consorzio Tutela Formaggio Asiago