Grass growth and early calving boosting early season milk production

Grass growth and early calving boosting early season milk production
Fonterra and Synlait are reporting in the coming week. (Image: Supplied)
Riley Kennedy
Early calving and grass growth are pushing New Zealand’s early-season milk production to a four-year high.Despite a slight drop in June, traditionally the lowest production month, production for the first three months of the new dairy season was well ahead of this time last year.The latest figures from the Dairy Companies Association of NZ show August’s production was up 10% compared to the same month in 2023 to 123.8 million kilograms of milksolids (kgMS).July, the second-lowest-producing month, was 9.2% ahead of 2023 at 27.4m/kgMS...

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