1、The Australian Dairy IndustryIn Focus 2024ContentsKey facts about Australias dairy industry 2Foreword 4The Australian dairy industry 5An important rural industry 5A globally competitive industry 6Farm facts 8Farmgate milk prices 10Farm business performance 12Milk production 16Dairy manufacturing 20D

2、airy markets 21Australian consumption of dairy products 23Drinking milk 24Cheese 26Butter 27Other fresh and frozen dairy products 28Milk powders 29Whey products and casein 32Industry organisations and structure 33Industry levies 34Appendices 351 Dairy regions 352 Australian industry footprint 363 Fe

3、ed prices 384 Milk production 405 Manufacturing processes 416 Domestic sales 437 Supermarket sales 448 Australian exports 469 Australian imports 51Acronyms 531In Focus 2024 The Australian Dairy IndustryKey facts about Australias dairy industryDairy is Australias third largest rural industry8,376 mil

4、lion litres of milk produced worth$6.237 billion.Average annual production per cow 6,443 litres 3Annual production of main commodities 361,516 tonnesCheese 180,272 tonnesMilk powders67,775 tonnesButter&AMF(CBE)BUTTER3,889 dairy farms and a national herd of 1.33 million cows.Average herd size 342 cow

5、s.31,300 dairy industry workforceKey facts about Australias dairy industry2Australian milk utilisation88 litres of drinking milkMajor export marketsGreater China185,646 tonnesSingapore65,052 tonnesJapan71,687 tonnesIndonesia60,211 tonnesMalaysia53,283 tonnes32%of milk production exportedAnnual per c

6、apita consumption 41%Cheese 32%Drinking milk20%Skim milk powder or butter2%Whole milk powder5%OtherIn Focus 2024 The Australian Dairy Industry3ForewordThe dairy industry is the third largest rural industry in Australia and a key sector of the agricultural economy,generating close to A$6.2 billion in