The chance for medium sized dairies

Internationally, the German milk processing industry has come under increasing criticism for its adherence to a national network of 150 small and medium-sized dairies while in most of the rest of Europe very large dairy organisations have taken over.

In the Netherlands, for instance, Friesland Foods and Campina now process around 90% of national production and in Denmark this proportion is controlled by just one dairy: Arla Foods. Germany does have its relatively large players. For instance the top three