For the full year 2025, Domestic milk intake was estimated at 8.84 billion litres, an increase of 406.8 million litres (+4.8%) when compared with 2024, and up 376.8 million litres (+4.5%) when compared with 2023. The Domestic Milk Intake has increased for each month in 2025 when compared with the same month of 2024, except for the months of February, November and December.
Domestic Milk Intake by milk processors and co-ops was estimated at 259.7 million litres in December 2025, a decrease of 7.9 million litres (-3%) when compared with December 2024 but up 54.4 million litres (+26.5%) when compared with the same month in 2023.
Fat content for December 2025 was 4.93%, up from 4.83% in December 2024. Protein content also rose to 3.85% in December 2025, compared with 3.80% a year earlier.
Butter production remained at 12,400 tonnes, unchanged from December 2024 to December 2025.
Butter production rose from 267,600 tonnes in 2024 to 286,200 tonnes in 2025, up 18,700 tonnes.
Up-to-date trends of monthly Domestic Milk Intake for 2023, 2024 and 2025 can be seen in Figure 1.
Table 1 presents analysis of month versus month comparisons of the current year and previous year's Domestic Milk Intake.
Figure 2 presents annual Domestic Milk Intake from 2010 to 2025.
| X-axis label | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 180.4 | 148.5 | 162.5 |
| Feb | 381 | 351.9 | 327.8 |
| Mar | 801.4 | 757.2 | 821.8 |
| Apr | 1028 | 952 | 1074.5 |
| May | 1159 | 1107.4 | 1183.4 |
| June | 1045.5 | 1031.2 | 1080.5 |
| Jul | 1014.5 | 972.4 | 1004.9 |
| Aug | 909.1 | 887.2 | 944.8 |
| Sep | 763.7 | 767.7 | 773.2 |
| Oct | 588.7 | 673.1 | 706.1 |
| Nov | 381.7 | 512.3 | 496.1 |
| Dec | 205.3 | 267.6 | 259.7 |
Table 2 summarises the monthly collection of milk and production of milk products.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (06 February 2026) published Milk Statistics for December 2025.
Commenting on the release, Stephanie Kelleher, Statistician in the Agriculture Section of the CSO, said: “Today’s figures show that Domestic Milk Intake by milk processors and co-ops for the year 2025 was the highest ever recorded, estimated at 8.84 billion litres, an increase of 4.8% compared with 2024. Butter production increased by 18,700 tonnes for the same period.
The Domestic Milk Intake in December 2025 decreased by 7.9 million litres, or -3%, compared with the same month in 2024. With the exception of February, November and December, Domestic Milk Intake was higher each month when compared with the same month in 2024.”