{"id":93899,"date":"2025-12-09T17:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/surprise-in-europe-the-leader-in-milk-production-in-the-eu-comes-from-romania\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:28:35","slug":"surprise-in-europe-the-leader-in-milk-production-in-the-eu-comes-from-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/surprise-in-europe-the-leader-in-milk-production-in-the-eu-comes-from-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Surprise in Europe: the leader in milk production in the EU comes from Romania.<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1414.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-9 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\">\n<div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\">\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-21\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Company CEO Peter de Boer said, &#8220;In the future, manure production may well be more important than milk production.&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-22\">\n<p>Behind the numbers is a strategy that combines dairy with composting, green energy and circular agriculture aimed at turning waste into raw materials.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-93705 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-1024x576.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie.jpg 1315w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/p>\n<p>The DN Agrar Group was founded in 2008 as a family business by Dutchman Jan Gijsbertus de Boer. Since then, the group has grown rapidly and now includes five large farms, over 16,000 head of cattle and an annual production of 70 million liters of milk. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-93706 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-1024x578.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-266x150.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-400x226.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-531x300.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-600x339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-800x452.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2-1200x678.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-2.jpg 1316w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\"><\/p>\n<p>According to company representatives, this has made DN Agrar the largest private cow&#8217;s milk producer in Europe. 75% of production goes to French giant Lactalis. The group&#8217;s goals are more ambitious, as the Dutch entrepreneurs developing the company have set the goal of producing between 150 and 200 million liters per year by 2030. All within an integrated business model, with four pillars: milk, vegetable farming, composting and green energy.   <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93708 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-4-534x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-4-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-4-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-4-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-4-534x300.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-4-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-4-800x449.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-4.jpg 844w\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"211\">DN Agrar reported sales of about 101 million lei for the first half of 2025, up 22% from the same period in 2024, and a net profit of 27 million lei, (&#8220;Casa Buna&#8221; photo G.de Boer DN Agrar) nearly doubling (+80%). For all of 2024, the company achieved a <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93707 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3-539x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3-200x111.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3-269x150.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3-400x223.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3-539x300.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3-600x334.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3-800x445.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/08-Verrassing-in-Europa-de-koploper-in-melkproductie-in-de-EU-komt-uit-Roemenie-3.jpg 1189w\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"166\">consolidated turnover of about 176 million lei and a net profit of 32 million lei. On the stock exchange (AeRO), DN Agrar has a market capitalization of nearly 460 million lei (about \u20ac90-100 million), with the company&#8217;s shares recently trading around the threshold of 2.9 lei\/share. Unfortunately, space in this newsletter is too limited to describe the comprehensive activities. It would be worth a book and would rival Geert Mak&#8217;s famous book &#8220;Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd &#8220;as a comparison of an agricultural family adapting to new surroundings and circumstances.    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-10 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\">\n<div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\">\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">\n<div id=\"9\" class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"&lt;a&gt;\" class=\"fusion-separator fusion-has-icon fusion-full-width-sep\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-messages","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93901,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93899\/revisions\/93901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutchromaniannetwork.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}