Record UK milk production is now dropping
Posted on: 23/07/21
May milk production in both the UK and EU was record breaking which for the UK hit 14.91 billion litres (+1.7%) compared to May 2020 (14.5 billion litres).
Total UK milk output to the end of May 2021 is more or less the same as 2020, however according to AHDB Dairy it has dropped in just 6 weeks by 3 million litres a day since early June and on a daily basis is running 2.2% below the corresponding week in 2020 equivalent to 0.77 million litres a day, less milk.
Globally AHDB report that May deliveries were up 26 million litres day (+3.3%) compared to the 5 year average annual global milk increase of 0.8%. Note New Zealands milk output has jumped by a whopping 7.6%