The two major countries in Oceania are still seeing mixed results. Milk production in Australia, in January, decreased by 5,9% compared to the same month of last year. (data Clal)
On the other hand, favorable weather conditions in fall in New Zealand might favor a better-than-expected milk production.
As for butter, minimum price
A decidedly negative period for two of the major Countries in Oceania, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Murray Goulburn, one of the major Australian milk processing companies, keeps reporting financial losses referred to the period July - December 2016, in view of a 5% decrease in collected milk (source: clal.it)
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In Oceania limited milk production is sustaining prices in the dairy sector.
In Australia, where the summer is drawing to an close, the availability of milk is still limited.
Milk production dropped in the second half of last year both in Australia (-8.55% in the July-December period compared to the same period
2016 ended with a fall in milk production for Australia and New Zealand, the two main countries of Oceania; Australia lost 10.29% in the July-October period of 2016 compared to the same period the previous year and New Zealand reported a decrease of 3% over a longer period – from
Global demand for sheep milk and its dairy products is growing, with particularly strong growth being seen in Asia. Despite this strong market demand, however, the dairy sheep industry in New Zealand is expanding slowly.
A solution is offered by the Sheep – Horizon Three programme whose goal is to create
It looks like Australian milk and dairy season is sensibly late: it is in fact largely believed that the usual seasonal trend has been delayed. Apparently, the cause might be the cold and rainy weather that went on for most of the spring and is still persisting in summer.
In spite
The New Zealand dairy industry has been facing difficulties for almost two years, experiencing a lethal combination of excess supply and declining demand from key trading partners. They include China which weighs heavily on the sector and has brought milk prices down to their lowest ever. Considering the importance of
Dairy sheep breeds in New Zealand are gaining more and more interest, as they are increasingly being considered as a valid alternative by zoo-technical companies.
Antara Ag, one of the biggest breeders of milk-producing sheep in the country, operates in Southland; the company recently closed an exclusive supply deal with Blue
New Zealand sheep milk powder (also known as Ewe milk powder) has been launched in Taiwan and is the first of its kind on the market. Its name is Spring Sheep. New Zealand company Spring Sheep Milk, which started the new venture, is in partnership with the state-owned enterprise Landcorp and milks
The January/September period saw a boom in New Zealand milk and cream exports. However, most of the industry registered extremely positive figures bar very few exceptions. In September this year, compared to the same month the previous year, New Zealand exports of the following products increased in volume: packaged and unpackaged
