In an appearance on Vikerraadio on Monday, Estonia Farmid OÜ board member and one-time minister of agriculture Jaanus Marrandi explained that Estonian producers have been exporting large quantities of cream to Europe, leading to a shortage of it back home and an expected price hike on butter to come next month.
“We actually need to sell off half the produced amount, either as raw milk or as dairy products, by exporting it out of Estonia,” Marrandi said, explaining that Estonia actually produces significantly more milk than it consumes.
He said that the richness of milk decreasing during the summer months is related to cows’ calving,…
