France agricultural output: milk
France agricultural output: milk stood at 12,515.89 EUR million in 2025, according to Eurostat – crop production in EU standard humidity (apro_cpsh1), French agricultural statistics. It is one of the indicators in the Agriculture: annual production and accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1973 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Agriculture: annual production and accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal output (animals and animal products) | 37,306.22 | 34,133.12 | 34,478.71 | 32,875.15 | 27,205.04 | 26,645.5 | 26,631.44 | 26,021.94 | 26,056.57 | 24,666.75 | |
| Animal products | 16,509.1 | 15,109.37 | 15,098.76 | 14,636.65 | 11,632.41 | 11,346.3 | 10,927.52 | 10,665.26 | 10,570.9 | 9,188.89 | |
| Milk | 12,515.89 | 12,320.98 | 12,126.47 | 11,900.1 | 10,055.3 | 9,809.58 | 9,658.55 | 9,246.73 | 9,119.72 | 8,149.78 |
Understanding france agricultural output: milk
Quantifying the financial output generated by raw milk production from dairy cows, sheep, and goats, this measure values total volume delivered to dairies alongside milk consumed directly on farms or sold locally. The calculation covers raw liquid milk before any industrial processing, standardization, pasteurization, or conversion into cheese, butter, or milk powder. Unlike meat output series that depend on slaughter timing, milk output reflects a continuous daily biological yield that is closely tied to daily feed management and lactation cycles. Sibling series such as eggs or live animals operate under entirely different husbandry and marketing frameworks.
Reading this series necessitates monitoring dairy quota policy shifts, processor pricing agreements, and feed cost pressures that dictate producer margins and herd retention strategies. Revisions to early estimates occur as monthly dairy collection statistics from processing plants are reconciled with annual farm surveys. When conducting historical comparisons, analysts must separate price effects from physical volume changes, since dairy commodity market fluctuations frequently drive nominal value shifts independently of milk output tonnage.
Frequently asked questions
- Is processed milk ready for retail sale included in this value?
- No, only raw milk at the farm gate or delivered for initial processing is counted.
- Does this series include milk from sheep and goats as well as cows?
- Yes, all raw milk produced by agricultural livestock is aggregated into this total.
- Why can nominal output values change even if milk volume remains stable?
- Fluctuations in farm-gate milk prices paid by dairies directly alter the total monetary valuation from year to year.