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Türkiye’s cow’s milk collection reached 1,021,399 tonnes in August
According to TÜİK data, the amount of cow’s milk collected rose 9.5% year on year to 1,021,399 tonnes in August. Production of drinking milk, yogurt and cow’s-milk cheese also increased year on year during the January-August period.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) released data on milk and dairy production for August. The amount of cow’s milk collected by commercial dairy enterprises rose 9.5% year on year to 1,021,399 tonnes in August.
The amount of cow’s milk collected during the January-August period was recorded at 7,862,534 tonnes, up 2.8% from the same period in 2025.
Dairy production data
Drinking milk production rose 4.8% year on year to 138,885 tonnes in August. During the January-August period, drinking milk production increased 8.2% to 1,181,093 tonnes.
Yogurt production fell 0.9% in August compared with the same month of 2025, declining to 134,781 tonnes. However, yogurt production rose 7% during the January-August period to 997,795 tonnes.
Cow’s-milk cheese production increased 3.4% in August to 71,334 tonnes. Production of this product during the January-August period also rose 3.6% to 572,956 tonnes.
Ayran, kefir and butter production
Production of ayran and kefir rose 0.8% year on year to 99,433 tonnes in August. In the same month, butter and clarified butter production increased 7.5% to 8,966 tonnes.
Production of ayran and kefir rose 7.6% during the January-August period to 735,042 tonnes. Butter and clarified butter production, meanwhile, fell 1.1% to 74,605 tonnes.
The amount of cow’s milk collected by commercial dairy enterprises, which stood at 987,644 tonnes in July, increased 3.4% in August. During the same period, drinking milk production, which stood at 130,610 tonnes, also rose 6.3% in August.
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