Compared to previous year, milk deliveries were 1.4% lower.
According to AHDB analyst Charlotte Forces-Rees, UK milk deliveries in August were anticipated to be 989 million litres, 14.4 million litres (1.4%) less than in August 2021. This decline is less than the 1.8% rise in milk output predicted for August of last year in the June GB milk production estimate. Averaging 31.89 million litres per day, GB output was projected to be 0.5 million litres lower than August of the previous year. When 31.16 million litres were generated on August 17, daily deliveries were at their lowest. The lowest day last year had 0.5 million less litres than today.
Estimated UK milk deliveries in August came to 1,186 million litres, down 14.5 million litres (1.2%) from August 2021 despite an average daily milk output of 38.24 million litres. The lowest day for UK daily deliveries this year was August 17; it was 0.4 million litres lower than the lowest day in August 2021.
Early data for September already indicates an increase in daily delivery quantities, suggesting that production may have reached its low point in August. This would be consistent with recent seasons, as opposed to the past, when the trough took place later in the year. The increase in block calving during the previous five years is assumed to be the cause of this. This August’s heatwaves put farmers under additional stress, and the further decline in August productivity closely matched the heatwave’s termination on August 14.
