Comparability

Comparability - geographical

Every month and year figures are submitted to the statistical office of EU, Euro stat. Data for all EU countries can be found in the Eurostat database . The statistics are produced following the principles of an EU regulation, so the results are comparable.

Comparability over time

The statistics cover the period from 1990 onwards. However, comparable main figures are available from the beginning of the 1900s, allowing for long time series. The statistics were improved in the late 1920s, and since the Second World War more comprehensive statistics have been available in this area.

Older data can be found in the publication series Landbrug 1999-2011, Landbrugsstatistik 1998-1959 and Landbrugsstatistik 1900-1965.

On-farm milk consumption is included in the calculation of total milk production. This consumption comprises milk that is not delivered to the dairy, but is instead used for animal feed or human consumption on the farm. The calculation is based on estimates that have been adjusted several times over time. These changes may affect the levels in the time series for the years concerned. Most recently, the estimate was adjusted in 2025, with previous adjustments in 2020, 2015, and 2012.

In the past, the production of milk has been regulated in the EU, in the period 1984 up to and including April 2015 there have been milk quotas which have controlled the production of cow's milk in Denmark. As compensation for the declining milk price (incorporated in the EU agricultural reform), a total milk prize of DKK 389,1 million was paid out in 2004. In 2005, the milk prize premium ceased to exist and was replaced by an extra charge, which is included in the farmers subsidies according to the new single-farm payment scheme.

Coherence - cross domain

Danish Agriculture & Food Council publishes comprehensive statistics.

Also Danish Dairy Board publishes dairy statistics and other figures for the Danish dairy industry.

Coherence - internal

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