Period: April 16 – 27, 2018 The actual conditions of the forage, soybeans and corn crops are reported to be mostly poor in Argentina and Uruguay: this could increase imports of concentrates and, therefore, the operating costs of the dairy farmers. Nevertheless, …
Costs of dairy farmers could increase in South America [News South America n°9/2018] Read More »
Period: April 16 – 27, 2018 While in Northern Australia recent rains have made pasturing more available, in Southern Australia the current season continues to be hot and dry. This has led to more late season feed purchases by some …
Chinese dairy import kept growing fast in the first quarter of 2018: +15.3% in quantity and +24.2% in value y-o-y. Import is over 758,000 tons of milk and derivatives, for a total value of 2.58 billion dollars. There is still …
China increases its imports of butter and milk powders, cheese slowed down Read More »
Period: April 2 – 13, 2018 In Australia, producers and manufacturers have some uncertainty as to what milk production outcome is expected for the coming season. Murray Goulburn, the biggest dairy company in Australia, was sold to Canadian dairy giant …
WMP and Butter prices reach the highest level of 2018 [News Oceania n°8/2018] Read More »
Global Production for the season 2017-18 is projected lower both for Corn (1036.1 Mio t, -0.5% from March outlook) and Soybean (334.8 Mio t, -1.8%). Corn production is down in Argentina (33 Mio t, -8.3%), on reduction to both harvested …
Record high for Soybean production in Brazil [Corn and Soybean – n°4/2018] Read More »
EU dairy export grew in the first two months of 2018: +5.2% in volumes and +2.4% in value compared to jan-feb 2017. Cheese export strengthened: even though the United States and Japan have reduced imports compared to the first two …
Period: April 2 – 13, 2018 The milk productions in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil are in line with seasonal trends. Heavy rains saturated sections of the central region of Argentina, arriving too late for summer crops but increasing moisture reserves for winter grains. Overall, …
Rains could improve crops in Argentina and Brazil [News South America n°8/2018] Read More »
In the first two months of 2018, US dairy exports grew +12.7% in quantity and +1.2% in value, year-over-year. The export volume increases more than the value, a sign that the competitiveness of U.S. dollar against the Euro, together with …
According to CLAL.it and TESEO processing on WASDE – USDA data, three countries produce 82% of world Soybean production. Soybean total production is 340.86 Mio Tons per year, and the main three producers are: United States (35% of the total), …
Period: March 19 – 30, 2018 The severe drought in the Southern Cone of South America continues to affect the quality of soybean and corn crops and pasture on many farms: this represents a major concern for the regional dairy industry. in Argentina and …
Severe drought affecting the quality of crops and pasture [News South America n°7/2018] Read More »
