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. 2023 Mar 30;10:1060817. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1060817

Table 1.

Farmer-owned cooperatives' shares of their respective markets in Denmark in 2021 (or latest year with available data).

Product Percent
Whole milk deliveries 92
Butter 99
Cheese 92
Pork 72
Beef 63
Grass seed 76
Egg 40
Sugar 0
Poultry 0
Agr. machinery 0
Fruit and vegetables 53
Feed and fertilizer 80
Potato starch 100

Pork and beef: Share of slaughtering.

Eggs: The major shareholding egg company owned by farmer cooperatives is not included.

Fruit and vegetables: Fresh products for direct consumption.

Feed and fertilizer: Companies producing feed and selling fertilizer.

Source: Own calculations based on Hansen (7), Danish Agriculture and Food Council (810), and annual reports from companies and organizations.