Argentina: Despite the dairy crisis, they estimate that the number of dairy farms remained stable in 2023

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Published Feb 12, 2024

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Despite a slight increase in the stock of milking cows in Argentina in 2023, milk production fell by 2% to 11,325 million liters, according to the Dairy Chain Observatory. The number of dairy farms remained stable and the proportion of milk production for the domestic market increased to 79.6%, leading to a 14.2% decrease in exports. The Observatory forecasts a further 2.8% decline in dairy productivity in 2024.

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Although production fell 2% last year, the number of establishments remained at similar numbers and even slightly higher than 2022, according to the Dairy Chain Observatory. They also estimated more cows being milked. In 2023 and despite the crisis that the dairy sector went through, the number of dairy farms in Argentina remained stable and there were very slight differences when measuring production variables. According to the Observatory of the Argentine Dairy Chain (OCLA), last year the stock of milking cows was 1.58 million heads, just above the 1.52 million that were recorded the previous year. Meanwhile, milk production in 2023 reached 11,325 million liters, 2% lower in the year-on-year comparison. In this context, one of the data that caught attention is that this milked volume was obtained in 10,197 dairy farms, compared to 10,076 establishments counted the previous year. The rest of the figures linked to productive variables had almost imperceptible variations, according ...

Source: Agroruralnoticias