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Chinese demand has remained disappointingthus far due to increased Chinese domestic dairy production and economic challenges. Global production is not helping matters. Estimated global milk deliveries for May (the latest available data period) in our key production regions indicate production growth of 1.1% year-on-year. According to latest forecasts, however, estimated global milk production is expected to flatten off in 2023 to end the year at only 0.1% up.

Labour and working conditions will continue to be a key challenge, to which insufficient value is still attributed by the owners of many dairy businesses.GB milk production is forecast to reach 12.44bn litres for the 2022/23 season, up 0.7% on the previous season, according to the December forecast update. On a calendar year basis, GB production is expected to total 12.43bn litres. This is a 0.3% improvement on 2022, equivalent to an additional 39m litres. Organic production is already falling as the factors of falling demand, higher costs and lower prices are exaggerated and felt more keenly in the organic sector. Technology is almost certain to help in this area, with the main focus likely to be on feeding and genetics. The uplift in production from Sep-22 onwards, and the expectation that yields will remain supported as we move towards the 2023 spring flush, shifted the December forecast for the 2022/23 season from an expectation of further contraction (-0.8%) into growth (+0.7%). Before this, GB production had been running below year-ago figures since July 2021, although the year on year growth recorded in March through June was more to do with the sharp enforced reductions in the spring of 2020. An unfavourable milk-to-feed-price ratio, driven by rising feed costs and stagnant farmgate prices, was the key driver of lower yields in the autumn of 2021, although labour shortages will also have played a role. Margin pressures then worsened as global energy prices spiked, with the situation exacerbated by the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. The increase in milk prices through 2022 helped to offset the rising costs and supported improved yields in the final months of the year.

However, family businesses often see this as a price worth paying, providing flexibility and an acceptable lifestyle on what is effectively a 24/7 operation. LegislationAccording to the latest delivery data for the key milk producing regions [1], global production returned to growth in September 2022 after 12 consecutive months of declines. Recovery in production in European countries, combined with growth in the US, was at the centre of the turnaround as southern hemisphere regions continue to record year on year drops. January volumes are estimated as data was only available to 28 January at time of publication. Global milk production Our latest forecastreleased in September predicted milk flows to slow down in the coming months with a conservative fall of at least 0.5% to be expected. There is scope for production to fall further if prices do not begin to recover this side of Christmas.

Milk from forage reduced for 2022-23 to reflect drought – less silage made and some already fed, higher concentrate use

There appears to be very little data on this, but the AHDB is progressing energy benchmarking. Grant aid via the Farm Equipment and Technology Fund in England should be available. Renewables An easy-peasy planner to prop onto your wall. Change the month by flipping and folding. These flip calendars are practical, functional, and easy on the eye. We have designs from Risotto, Once Upon a Tuesday, Crispin Finn and more. Wall planners The situation is similar in the UK. Here, despite higher production volumes of cheese, exports increased year on year, tightening availability relative to the previous year. Butter availability is unchanged year on year, while milk powders saw a small increase due to the drop-off in both production and exports. Friesian Farm, Andersons’ model dairy farm, is used to illustrate trends within the dairy sector for a typical farm. It is not designed to showcase best practice

In some areas of the UK, grass grows every day of the year and using slurry little and often may well be much more sustainable and efficient than storing it for long periods. The extraordinary inflationary pressures facing consumers through 2022 put a strain on shoppers’ budgets. This resulted in the majority of consumers claiming to be spending less on the weekly food shop and eating out. In terms of retail sales, all products saw lower volume sales, although the revenues were up. Our current projections for domestic demand expect retail sales of cheese, butter and yoghurt to fall by around 3% in 2023. Liquid milk sales are expected to revert to the long-term trend of a 1% annual decline (see full analysis below). The increase in energy costs has led to a resurgence in interest in renewable energy, particularly roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV). However, the value of dairy products has been weakening since last autumn, impacting on processors' ability to maintain the elevated milk prices. Added to that, it’s likely processors found it increasingly difficult to pass higher costs into consumer prices in the latter part of the year with demand showing signs of pressure. In 2022, the retail price index rose by 13%, with most of the inflation occurring in the second half of the year. Dairy product prices [3] rose by over 30% in the year, with fresh milk seeing the highest rate of inflation.There is a need to reassure consumers who may be turning to dairy alternatives about the health, environmental and welfare credentials of dairy. Suppressed demand and increasing supplies continued to push farmgate prices on a downwards trajectory. After the peak seen in January 2023, prices have been consistently falling: in June the average farmgate milk price reached 36.48 ppl according to Defra. Since then, announcements for July and August have continued to fall, although August was a more stable month. There were a continuation of falls in aligned contracts in August with all retailers dropping their prices. Fun fact: These diaries have removable PVC covers that keep them in perfect condition all year round. You can pop any A6 notebook or diary inside the cover once you finish. However, both will reduce at a slower rate than the long-term trend (see “Structural change in the UK dairy herd”); over the past 50 years, for example, 87% of dairy herds have disappeared. Robotic milking is being looked at by many, but in most cases this will increase the cost of milk production.