Skim milk powder received the biggest gain in both percentage terms and volume terms. A total of 4223t extra SMP was produced for the month of August, up 22.8% from a year earlier. Season-to-date (June-August) volumes have increased by 22.3% to 42,441t.
Australia has also produced more cheese for the season-to-date with a total 44,508t. This is a 7.3% gain on volumes produced over the same period a year earlier. For the month of August volumes of cheese were up by 7.6% to 25,807t.
Butter production was also up for August, to 6593t (+7.5%). Butteroil (anhydrous milkfat in NZ) was up to 1086t (+31.3%). Season-to-date both products were up by 1.7% and 1.6% respectively.
Production of WMP and whey powder are both down for August but they are produced in relatively small volumes in Australia. WMP production dropped back by almost a quarter to 4131t (-22.5%) and whey powder was down by 9.9% to 3638t.
The season-to-date fall in production for WMP was not as drastic, dropping by 2.4%. For whey powder, volumes are back by 7.1%.
