Period: January 6 – 17, 2020 After several weeks of dryness, moderate to heavy rains returned to the central/southern regions of South America. In general, these showers were beneficial to several corn and soybean plantation areas, increasing soil moisture. However, …
SMP prices increase [News South America n°2/2020] Read More »
When fires started burning in Australia last fall, few dairy operators expected they would still be burning in January. Some dairy operators estimate that about 70,000 dairy cows were killed. Cows in areas threatened by fire in some cases, can …
New Zealand: lack of rain reduces milk production [News Oceania n°2/2020] Read More »
World production Global Soybean production for 2019/2020 season, is forecast at 337.70 Mio Tons, -5.7% compared to the 2018/2019 season, but it is still slightly above the level of the previous forecast. Soybean total use is continuously growing, and given …
Period: December 9, 2019 – January 3, 2020 In the past couple of weeks, hotter climate conditions prevailed in Argentina, causing dryness in several dairy areas, reducing the volume and quality of forage. However, grain stocks remain broad throughout the …
Dryness is reducing the quality of forage in Argentina [News South America n°1/2020] Read More »
Period: December 9, 2019 – January 3, 2020 Milk production in Australia continues the seasonal decline. During November, milk production was 3.4 percent below November last year. High heat records were broken in the last weeks in Victoria. Melbourne record …
Extreme weather conditions: Australian Milk production impacted [News Oceania n°1/2020] Read More »
World Production World Corn production for the 2019-20 season, which began on September 1, 2019, is estimated at 1108.62 Mio Tons, +0.6% from November outlook. Production is expected to decrease by 1.4% compared to the previous season. The two main …
Period: November 25 – December 6, 2019 Milk production in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay is decreasing seasonally. However, milk volumes are enough to meet most of the food processing industry needs. According to the latest figures, milk volumes have recently …
Period: November 25 – December 6, 2019 Milk production in Australia during October was 5.5% below October last year. The current season milk production through October is 5.8% lower than July-October 2018. The fires burning in Australia for weeks continue …
Milk Powders prices on the rise [News Oceania n°23/2019] Read More »
Period: November 11 – 22, 2019 Daytime temperatures continue to rise in South America, boosting heat stress on dairy cows and diminishing farm milk production, particularly in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In other countries of the continent such as Brazil, …
Heat stress on dairy cows is rising in Argentina [News South America n°15/2019] Read More »
The European Union is increasing its exports of skimmed milk powder (SMP) to China: in October it is the leading exporter of SMP to China, surpassing New Zealand, which has been the main supplier in the period January – October …
China’s import: EU is the main SMP supplier [China’s dairy import update] Read More »
