Factors Shaping Cow’s Milk Production in the EU

Piotr Bórawski, Adam Pawlewicz, Andrzej Parzonko, K. Harper Jayson and Lisa Holden
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Piotr Bórawski: Department of Agrotechnology, Agricultural Production Management and Agribusiness, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Adam Pawlewicz: Department of Agrotechnology, Agricultural Production Management and Agribusiness, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Andrzej Parzonko: Department of Economics and Organization of Enterprises, Warsaw University of Life Science—SGGW, 02-787 Warszawa, Poland
K. Harper Jayson: Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
Lisa Holden: Department of Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: The milk market in the European Union (EU) is adjusting rapidly to the removal of dairy quotas. The most important changes include increased milk yield per cow, increased total milk production, decreased number of cows, and the decreased milk consumption. The main aim of the paper is to examine the milk production changes in the EU. We investigated the dynamics of changes in farm milk production during the period from 1998–2017 in the EU. Moreover, we investigated the impact of the removal of quotas on the production of milk on farms in the EU countries for the period from 2015–2017. Milk production in the EU increased from 151 million tons in 1998 to 165 million tons in 2017 (a 10% increase). A multi-variate regression model was to test which explanatory variables have an impact on milk production in the EU. The most important factors were a gross domestic product, final household consumption expenditure (current prices, million euro), and population (number).

Keywords: milk market; production; prognosis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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