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Region
EMILIA-ROMAGNA

produces 16% of Italian milk (Jan - Mar 2026)
and 1% of Italian Sheep's milk (year: 2024)

Emilia Romagna's
Dairy and Mixed Cattle Farming
Year Farm ±% on prev. year
Dec-2023 3.092 -4.57%
Dec-2024 3.017 -2.43%
Dec-2025 2.938 -2.62%
* Change December 2025 on December 2024
Source: DATI FORNITI DALLA BDN di cui all’art 2, comma 1, lett. b), del d.lgs. 134/22
Emilia Romagna's: Females that Have Given Birth
in Dairy and Mixed Farms
Year Heads ±% on prev. year
Dec-2023 233.565 +0.12%
Dec-2024 234.283 +0.31%
Dec-2025 236.965 +1.14%
* Change December 2025 on December 2024
Source: DATI FORNITI DALLA BDN di cui all’art 2, comma 1, lett. b), del d.lgs. 134/22
Emilia Romagna's
Milk Deliveries
Year Deliveries (tons) ±% on prev. year
2024 2.100.998 +1,25%
2025 2.127.188 +1,25%
Jan-Mar 2026 572.622 +6,27% *
* Variation % Jan-Mar 2026 on Jan-Mar 2025
Source:AGEA
Emilia Romagna's
Sheep's Milk Deliveries
Year Deliveries (tons) ±% on prev. year
2022 2.505 +1,27%
2023 2.472 -1,31%
2024 2.426 -1,88%
Source: Istat
PDO Cheese production in (dati 2024)
PDO Cheese Production (tons) Milk used (tons) % on Emilia Romagna's total Deliveries
Parmigiano Reggiano 143.972 1.801.554 85,75%
Grana Padano 23.952 322.615 15,36%
Squacquerone di Romagna 2.115 11.131 0,53%
TOTAL 170.039 2.135.300 101,63%
Emilia Romagna's Milk Deliveries 2.100.998  
The quantity of Milk used in PDO Cheese making was calculated using the average weight of a wheel and the average yield of each cheese.

The quantity of milk used in PDO Cheeses produced in Emilia-Romagna is greater than the total deliveries of milk in the region because some dairies in Mantua (Lombardy region) deliver a consistent amount of milk to cheese factories in Emilia.

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