Analysis Milk
Dairy farmers reduce backlog in Australia
The backlog in the Australian milk supply is slowly getting better. This is apparent from the supply figures up to and including the month of December. While the season started with a backlog of 3,2%, the subsupply has now fallen to a minus of 2,1%.
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Australian dairy farmers have supplied just 4,83 billion kilos of milk up to and including December. Of that, about 65% came from the largest dairy farming state: Victoria. There the backlog in terms of supply was slightly greater than elsewhere. But the other states made up for this difference.
| 2020/2021 | 2021/2022 | Verschil | |
| July | 628.900 | 609.400 | -3,1% |
| July (total season) | 628.900 | 609.400 | -3,1% |
| August | 716.800 | 692.100 | -3,4% |
| August (total season) | 1.345.700 | 1.301.500 | -3,3% |
| September | 867.900 | 844.700 | -2,7% |
| September (total season) | 2.213.600 | 2.146.200 | -3,0% |
| October | 962.300 | 943.700 | -1,9% |
| October (total season) | 3.175.900 | 3.089.900 | -2,7% |
| November | 904.900 | 899.000 | -0,7% |
| November (total season) | 4.080.800 | 3.988.900 | -2,3% |
| December | 848.900 | 838.900 | -1,2% |
| December (total season) | 4.929.700 | 4.827.800 | -2,1% |
| * Source: Dairy Australia | |||
New Zealand similar
A similar development is visible in New Zealand. There too, milk production in the new season - starting from July - lagged behind the production season of one year ago. In both countries it is mainly climatic and related factors (such as availability of feed) that determine production, and to a lesser extent additional government policy, as is the case in Europe. The Australian milk supply is less seasonal than in New Zealand.