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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.
 
Month 2023 2024 2025 ± on prev.
month. 		± % from
2024
January 60,00 (e)50,00 (e)59,00 +2,61% +18,00%
February 57,50 (e)50,00 (e)60,00 +1,69% +20,00%
March 57,50 (e)50,50  
April 54,00 (e)51,50  
May 53,00 (e)51,50  
June 52,00 (e)52,50  
July 51,50 (e)53,50  
August 50,50 (e)54,00  
September 50,00 (e)54,50  
October 49,50 (e)55,00  
November 49,00 (e)56,00  
December 49,00 (e)57,50  
Jan-Feb 58,75 50,00 59,50
Change¹ % +39,88% -14,89% +19,00%
Average 52,79 53,04
Change¹ % +3,18% +0,47%
Last Update:15-03-2025
1) change from the same period of previous year
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices
*: Euro per 100 lt. 3,7% fat and 3,25% proteins.
(e) = estimated price
Source: Processed by CLAL
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Month 2022 2023 2024 ± on prev.
month. 		± % from
2023
January 146,00 176,00 175,00 0,00% -0,57%
February 145,00 177,00 174,00 -0,57% -1,69%
March 147,00 176,00 174,00 0,00% -1,14%
April 149,00 177,00 174,00 0,00% -1,69%
May 152,00 176,00 173,00 -0,57% -1,70%
June 156,00 176,00 173,00 0,00% -1,70%
July 160,00 177,00 174,00 +0,58% -1,69%
August 163,00 178,00 175,00 +0,57% -1,69%
September 165,00 177,00 175,00 0,00% -1,13%
October 170,00 175,00 175,00 0,00% 0,00%
November 170,00 174,00  
December 173,00 175,00  
Jan-Oct 155,30 176,50 174,20
Change¹ % +8,00% +13,65% -1,30%
Average 158,00 176,17
Change¹ % +9,72% +11,50%
Last Update:03-12-2024
1) change from the same period of previous year
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices
Source: Milan Municipality; since January 2014 monthly average prices provided by the Ministry of Industry; Since January 2018 processed by CLAL
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