Results: production and consumption
The Grana Padano Consortium in numbers
Production and staff
| 2026 Production (January – March) | 1,696,707 wheels (+3.96% vs 2025) |
| 2025 Production (January – December) | 6,053,690 wheels (+7.43% vs 2024), equivalent to 236,179.657 tons (+7.72%) |
| Average weight of the wheels 2025 | 39.01 kg |
| Average weight of the wheels 2024 | 38.91 kg |
| Riserva 2025 (January – December) | 407,265 wheels |
| Riserva 2024 (January – December) | 353,808 wheels (-14.33% vs 2023) |
| Companies | 121 |
| Dairies | 134 |
| Agers | 141 |
| Packers | 197 |
| N° farms providing milk | 3,376 |
| N° of workers across the sector | 50,000 |
| Milk processed into Grana Padano PDO 2025 | 3,141,458.660 tons (+6.37% vs 2024) – data to be considered provisional until confirmed by CSQA |
| Annual production breakdown | Cooperatives: 65.33% – Industries: 34.57% |
| POS consumption 2025 (value) | 4.600.000.000 € (3,988,503,600 GBP) |
| POS Italy | 1.800.000.000 € (1,560,718,800 GBP) 39.13% |
| Foreign POS | 2.600.000.000 € (2,254,371,600 GBP) 60.87% |
| Exports 2025 | 2,757,930 wheels (+3,0% vs 2024), equivalent to 104.801,340 tons |
| Exports 2024 | 2,685,542 wheels (+9.15% vs 2023) |
Discover our production plans
This program, adopted with the consent of dairies and producers of milk intended for Grana Padano, aims to regulate supply and adapt it to demand by raising additional resources in the event of production growth beyond a certain limit.
Production Plan 2025 - 2030
The following Production Plan is an expansionary tool designed to enable growth above the average dairy production trend in the affected area and, even more so, in Italy as a whole. It is based on two essential and interconnected principles: Produce as much as the global market can absorb. Generate resources for those who decide to grow to implement promotional and advertising initiatives aimed at increasing consumption. Therefore, the Production Plan does not impose any additional economic burden on those dairies that decide not to grow, which represent approximately 30% of the consortium’s production base. Download the plan details. Download the Fair Correction.
Production Plan 2022 – 2024
The following Production Plan is an expansive tool designed to enable growth above the average dairy production trend in the affected area and, even more so, across Italy. It is based on two essential and interconnected principles:
Production Plan 2019 - 2021
The following Production Plan is an expansive tool designed to enable growth above the average dairy production trend in the affected area and, even more so, across Italy. It is based on two essential and interconnected principles:
