Italy: farm gate milk price and retail milk price
This page shows, in the given period, the comparison between farm gate milk price and retail fresh pasteurised milk price in Italy .

The graph evidences the remarkable question about the difference of the two prices, mainly due to the new type of retailing.

Some considerations may be made:

The retail milk price is the result of the economic return gained by each "milk player" (farmers, processors, retailers):
  • The Italian milk farmers have steady improved the milk quality investing in:
    • selecting genetically the cattle,
    • feeding research and
    • managing properly the farm in order to grant the well being of the animals and an optimal hygiene sanitary environment;

  • The Processors (manufacture companies) duly check and preserve milk quality and are in charge of :
    • heat treatment and packaging,
    • the logistic delivery plan, widening their own presence on the national territory
    • the advertising and marketing of the products calling in from the market the products next to expiry ("resi")

  • The Giant Retailers in Italy, last player of the "milk chain" has progressively replaced the boutiques/shops with regard to milk distribution. They have aided the widespread all dairy products all over the Italian territory.
 
Farmgate milk price
Lombardy (Italy) * (€/100 lt.)
Month 2011 2012 2013 ± % from 2012
January 39,00 (e)40,70 (e)40,00 -1,72%
February 39,00 (e)40,70 (e)40,00 -1,72%
March 39,00 (e)40,70 (e)40,00 -1,72%
April 39,00 (e)36,00 (e)40,00 +11,11%
May 39,00 (e)36,00  
June 39,00 (e)38,00  
July 40,20 (e)38,00  
August 40,20 (e)38,00  
September 40,20 (e)38,00  
October 40,30 (e)38,00  
November 40,30 (e)38,00  
December 40,30 (e)39,50  
Average 39,63 38,47 40,00
Change¹ % +12,67% -2,92% +3,99%
Last Update: 2013-04-12
1) change from previous year
*: Euro per 100 lt. 3,7% fat and 3,25% proteins.
(e) = estimated price
Source: Processed by CLAL
 
Retail - Fresh milk price
Milan (Italy)  (€/100 lt.)
Month 2011 2012 2013 ± % from 2012
January 145,00 149,00 149,00 0,00%
February 144,00 150,00 150,00 0,00%
March 148,00 151,00 153,00 +1,32%
April 149,00 152,00 152,00 0,00%
May 150,00 151,00  
June 150,00 151,00  
July 152,00 150,00  
August 152,00 150,00  
September 152,00 149,00  
October 149,00 149,00  
November 149,00 150,00  
December 148,00 150,00  
Average 149,00 150,17 151,00
Change¹ % +8,56% +0,78% +0,55%
Last Update: 2013-06-05
1) change from previous year
Source: Milan Municipality