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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 2015 2016 2017 ± on prev.
month. 		± % from
2016
January 37,00 36,00 37,50 +2,74% +4,17%
February 36,50 36,00 38,00 +1,33% +5,56%
March 36,50 34,50 38,00 0,00% +10,14%
April 36,00 33,50 38,00 0,00% +13,43%
May 36,00 33,50 38,00 0,00% +13,43%
June 36,00 33,50 (e)38,00 0,00% +13,43%
July 36,00 33,50  
August 36,00 33,50  
September 36,00 34,00  
October 36,00 35,00  
November 36,00 36,00  
December 36,00 36,50  
Average 36,17 34,63 37,92
Change¹ % -13,72% -4,26% +9,51%
Last Update: 2017-07-10
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 2015 2016 2017 ± on prev.
month. 		± % from
2016
January 149,00 141,00 148,00 +1,37% +4,96%
February 147,00 143,00 147,00 -0,68% +2,80%
March 146,00 149,00 142,00 -3,40% -4,70%
April 142,00 147,00 144,00 +1,41% -2,04%
May 139,00 149,00 147,00 +2,08% -1,34%
June 139,00 145,00  
July 141,00 143,00  
August 139,00 140,00  
September 145,00 143,00  
October 146,00 141,00  
November 144,00 150,00  
December 146,00 146,00  
Average 143,58 144,75 145,60
Change¹ % +2,56% +0,81% +0,59%
Last Update: 2017-06-30
1) change from previous year
Source: Milan Municipality; since January 2014 monthly average prices provided by the Ministry of Industry