Austria: Dairy farming good but margins tight

Dairy farming in Austria has always been recognised as a good fit in the country’s agriculture industry generating decent returns achieved from a variety of produce. There are over 520,000 dairy cows on 25,600 farms in Austria with a big emphasis on supplying organic milk. In fact, Austrian dairies and cheese manufactures were supplied with 3,139,802 tonnes of raw milk in 2019, including 585,000 tonnes of organic milk. Farmers largely produce traditional milk but others are involved in prod