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Milk production in Australia in 2022 is forecast to decrease by over four percent to 8.6 million metric tons (MMT). Despite generally good production conditions for 2022, the slump in milk production is largely due farmers continuing to exit the dairy industry through farm sales and some dairy farms partially or fully transitioning to less labor-intensive beef cattle production.

FAS/Canberra forecasts Australian wheat production of 31 (million metric tons) MMT in MY 2020/21, the second highest on record, and more than double the previous year’s drought-affected estimate...