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Australia’s Dairy Production Growth Continues


Australia’s milk production continued to grow in April, according to the latest statistics from Dairy Australia.

National milk production for April was up 2.9%, as was year-to-date production.

Tasmania continues to lead the way with milk production for April up 10.4% and year-to-date growth at 11%.

Tasmania has grown its share of total Australian milk production to 9.5%, nudging closer to NSW, which has 11.2% of production.

Western Australia is also showing strong growth, up 6.2% for April and 4.9% year to date.

NSW growth moderated in April, up just 0.7% with the previous year but year to date production is still strong, up 4.7%.

Gippsland leads the way in Victoria with April production up 4.8% and year-to-date production up 5.9%.

Northern Victorian production was down 0.3% for April but year-to-date production is still up 2.2% while Western Victoria had good growth in April (up 5.7%) but year-to-date production still lags slightly (down 0.9%).

The three Victorian regions now account equally for roughly one third each of the state’s production with Western Victorian production down 0.9%, seeing it slip slightly behind Gippsland for year-to-date production.

Inland/central New South Wales is also showing good growth with production up 10.4% for April and 1.9% year to date.

South Australian production was up 0.9% for April and is almost equal to last year (down 0.2%).

Queensland continues to see a big drop in production with April down 9.9% on last year and year-to-date production down 5.9%.

Source: Australian Dairyfarmer


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