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The following GAIN reports were released on May 17, 2022. _______ Australia: Dairy and Products Semi-annual Milk production in Australia in 2022 is forecast to decrease by over four percent to 8.6 million metric tons (MMT). Despite generally good production conditions for 2022, the slump in milk production is largely due farmers continuing to exit the dairy industry through farm sales and some dairy farms partially or fully transitioning to less labor-intensive beef cattle production. This started in 2021 and has continued into 2022 but its impact on milk production will largely be borne out in 2022. Fresh milk consumption in 2022 is forecast to decline slightly. A seven percent decline in factory use consumption is driving processors to prioritize their production towards products with higher returns. As whole milk powder prices have not kept pace with the other major dairy commodities, it is expected to see the largest production decline. Chile: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Semi-annual In MY2021/22, Post projects that table grape production will increase by 15.2 percent, totaling 760,000 MT and exports will increase by 14.2 percent, totaling 600,000 metric tons. For MY2021/22, Post estimates apple production at 1,036,000 MT a 4.8 percent decrease from MY2020/21 on lower planted area. Apple exports will total 610,000 MT, a 5.2 percent decrease from MY2020/21. Considering the declining trend in pear planted area, Post estimates Chile’s MY2021/22 fresh pear production to decrease by 6.9 percent and total 215,000 metric tons. Pear exports will decrease by 11.5 percent and total 112,000 MT, since shipping costs increased significantly forcing many producers to sell fruit for processing. For more information, or for an archive of all FAS GAIN reports, please visit gain.fas.usda.gov/.
The following GAIN reports were released on May 17, 2022.
Milk production in Australia in 2022 is forecast to decrease by over four percent to 8.6 million metric tons (MMT). Despite generally good production conditions for 2022, the slump in milk production is largely due farmers continuing to exit the dairy industry through farm sales and some dairy farms partially or fully transitioning to less labor-intensive beef cattle production. This started in 2021 and has continued into 2022 but its impact on milk production will largely be borne out in 2022. Fresh milk consumption in 2022 is forecast to decline slightly. A seven percent decline in factory use consumption is driving processors to prioritize their production towards products with higher returns. As whole milk powder prices have not kept pace with the other major dairy commodities, it is expected to see the largest production decline.
In MY2021/22, Post projects that table grape production will increase by 15.2 percent, totaling 760,000 MT and exports will increase by 14.2 percent, totaling 600,000 metric tons. For MY2021/22, Post estimates apple production at 1,036,000 MT a 4.8 percent decrease from MY2020/21 on lower planted area. Apple exports will total 610,000 MT, a 5.2 percent decrease from MY2020/21. Considering the declining trend in pear planted area, Post estimates Chile’s MY2021/22 fresh pear production to decrease by 6.9 percent and total 215,000 metric tons. Pear exports will decrease by 11.5 percent and total 112,000 MT, since shipping costs increased significantly forcing many producers to sell fruit for processing.
For more information, or for an archive of all FAS GAIN reports, please visit gain.fas.usda.gov/.