Milk production, Australia
On this page, you will find two charts showing monthly and triennal production of cow's milk (expressed in tonnes) in Australia over a given time period.
Australia is a major Player on world markets.
With its alternating pattern, the graph highlights that Australia's seasonal rhythms are the reverse of those in Europe. In Europe, the highest levels of production are reached from April to June, the exact period when Australia's production levels drop to their lowest.
The table below gives us the corresponding numerical values and their variation percentages.
Australia: Milk Supply
MONTHLY MOVING AVERAGE |
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LAST 12 MONTHS | LAST 6 MONTHS | LAST 2 MONTHS |
Australia Milk production (Million liters) |
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Month2 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
± % on 2023/24 |
± % on 2022/23 |
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July | 610,0 | 628,9 | 615,6 | 570,2 | 570,2 | 579,1 | +1,6% | +1,6% | ||
August | 701,9 | 716,8 | 699,5 | 659,2 | 663,5 | 682,4 | +2,9% | +3,5% | ||
September | 848,8 | 867,9 | 852,8 | 797,2 | 801,2 | |||||
October | 970,5 | 962,3 | 952,8 | 888,5 | 906,1 | |||||
November | 906,0 | 904,9 | 907,4 | 818,9 | 870,0 | |||||
December | 855,5 | 848,9 | 846,7 | 790,2 | 807,1 | |||||
January | 737,6 | 761,7 | 720,4 | 691,4 | 727,2 | |||||
February | 621,0 | 617,7 | 585,6 | 553,5 | 601,4 | |||||
March | 640,0 | 628,4 | 601,1 | 580,3 | 596,1 | |||||
April | 623,6 | 624,4 | 588,1 | 577,2 | 591,8 | |||||
May | 653,6 | 671,1 | 614,5 | 623,3 | 645,1 | |||||
June | 628,2 | 625,1 | 569,8 | 576,6 | 596,3 | |||||
Total to date | 1.311,9 | 1.345,7 | 1.315,1 | 1.229,4 | 1.233,7 | 1.261,5 | ||||
% y-o-y ¹ | +2,58% | -2,27% | -6,51% | +0,34% | +2,26% | |||||
Total Year | 8.796,7 | 8.858,1 | 8.554,3 | 8.126,5 | 8.375,9 | |||||
previous % | +0,7% | -3,4% | -5,0% | +3,1% | ||||||
Last update: 03-10-2024 | ||||||||||
1) change from the same period of previous year 2) Dairy Season Year: from July 1 to June 30 Source: Dairy Australia |
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Min Production | ||||||||||
Max Production |
Australia Milk production (Million liters) |
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Month | 2009 | 2014 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
± % on 2023 |
± % on 2022 |
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January | 867 | 822 | 728 | 738 | 762 | 720 | 691 | 727 | +5,2% | +0,9% | |
February | 646 | 639 | 572 | 621 | 618 | 586 | 553 | 601 | +8,7% | +2,7% | |
March | 640 | 657 | 601 | 640 | 628 | 601 | 580 | 596 | +2,7% | -0,8% | |
April | 593 | 646 | 581 | 624 | 624 | 588 | 577 | 592 | +2,5% | +0,6% | |
May | 614 | 694 | 614 | 654 | 671 | 615 | 623 | 645 | +3,5% | +5,0% | |
June | 589 | 674 | 599 | 628 | 625 | 570 | 577 | 596 | +3,4% | +4,7% | |
July | 627 | 665 | 610 | 629 | 616 | 570 | 570 | 579 | +1,6% | +1,6% | |
August | 751 | 774 | 702 | 717 | 700 | 659 | 663 | 682 | +2,9% | +3,5% | |
September | 890 | 967 | 849 | 868 | 853 | 797 | 801 | ||||
October | 1.025 | 1.104 | 971 | 962 | 953 | 889 | 906 | ||||
November | 954 | 1.038 | 906 | 905 | 907 | 819 | 870 | ||||
December | 893 | 952 | 856 | 849 | 847 | 790 | 807 | ||||
Jan-Aug | 5.327 | 5.571 | 5.007 | 5.250 | 5.244 | 4.909 | 4.836 | 5.019 | |||
% y-o-y ¹ | -5,6% | +4,6% | -10,1% | +4,9% | -0,1% | -6,4% | -1,5% | +3,8% | |||
Total Year | 9.089 | 9.631 | 8.588 | 8.834 | 8.803 | 8.204 | 8.220 | ||||
% y-o-y ¹ | -9,4% | +6,0% | -10,8% | +2,9% | -0,3% | -6,8% | +0,2% | ||||
Last Update: 03-10-2024 | |||||||||||
1) change from the same period of previous year , except for years
2009, 2014, 2019, where the change is from the same period 5 years ago Source: Dairy Australia |