Agraria Dairy Industry

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The dairy industry prepares milk for direct consumption, or turns it into butter or cheese. From the processing of milk gives a series of by-products such as buttermilk and whey, used for animal feed. The dairy products are still in surplus in the European Union, especially with regard to milk and butter, despite the restrictive measures of Community policy (eg production quotas guaranteed maximum premium, slaughter of dairy cows ). In Italy the production of milk is deficient and imports are high (for food consumption and for processing into butter and cheese). In our country, the consumption of milk is considerably lower than all other European states and the butter is affected by the competition of olive oil and other vegetable fats. The Italian production of cheese is not sufficient to cover the domestic needs for which, except for some cheeses such as Grana, Pecorino and Provolone, which are also exported, it is necessary to resort every year to import substantial quantities of this produced by France and England. The per capita consumption of cheese are among the highest in Europe and growing.