Period: August 4 – 15, 2014 AUSTRALIA Milk production: is beginning to increase. Weather situation: cool and wet are in the major dairy producing states. Milk producers: the decline in dairy commodity prices over the past number of weeks has discouraged some milk…

Period: July 21 – August 1, 2014 AUSTRALIA Milk production: is about steady with recent week’s; Australia’s milk production for the 2013/2014 season was +0.4% compared to the previous season. NEW ZEALAND Milk production: is near the seasonal low point; the season…

Period: July 7 – 18, 2014 AUSTRALIA Milk production: it’s near the seasonal low point. Weather situation: normal winter conditions with cold an rains are covering much of the dairy producing areas. Milk producers are ready for a good start to the new…

Period: April 28 – May 09, 2014; Source: USDA AUSTRALIA Milk production: it has benefited from some rains which have improved pastures and crops conditions. Weather forecast: indications that an El Niño could be on the way for the coming…

Period: April 14 – 25, 2014; Source: USDA MILK PRODUCTION AUSTRALIAN milk production trend is fairly steady. Mild temperatures and the arrival of autumn rains, greening up pastures, are helping maintain milk intakes above year ago level. NEW ZEALAND milk production…

Period: March 31 – April 11, 2014; Source: USDA MILK PRODUCTION AUSTRALIAN milk production is trending seasonally lower. Producer margins remain good but are narrowing as feed costs are slightly increasing. The response of the Australian dairy industry to the recent…

Period: 17 – 28 March, 2014; Source: USDA MILK PRODUCTION AUSTRALIAN milk production is above year ago levels. Good milk prices are stimulating milk producers to extend late season production with supplemental feeding. With the intention to expand milk powder production…

MILK PRODUCTION AUSTRALIAN milk production is generally stable with recent weeks, weather conditions are tracking at dryer than normal patterns and supplemental watering and irrigation are being utilized to compensate for rainfall shortages and to keep pastures and crops in decent…