The number is a revision upward of Dairy Australia’s previous estimate of 8.45 billion litres, due to additional data received for milk supply in the volatile production regions of northern Victoria and southern NSW.
The news looks set to worsen this season with Dairy Australia anticipating a further drop in national milk production of between 3 and 5 per cent or around 8 billion litres.
Queensland experienced the biggest drop of all states with production reducing by 10.2 per cent to 358 million litres down from 399 million.
Production in Victoria has dropped from 5.9 billion litres to 5.4, a drop of 6.8 per cent.
