Total New Zealand milk production was down by 1% for the month of March when compared to the same time in 2017, despite improvements in grazing conditions.

Milk production for New Zealand as a whole was flat for the past year, as the country saw no change in production from March 2017-2018.

Milk collection figures for Fonterra in New Zealand for March dropped by 3% to 143m kilograms of milk solids.

New Zealand’s north island bore the brunt of this drop in production as its output dropped by 6% to 79m kilograms og milk solids, while the South Island saw a slight improvement with a 1% increase in production to 64m kilograms of milk solids.

However, the co-op announced that its milk collections in Australia for March were up 32% to 11m kilograms of milk solids.

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