# No sign of flush season this year, production of milk drops across Maharashtra | Mumbai News - The Indian Express

> Maharashtra's daily milk collection is about 1.10 crore litres, well below the 1.40 crore litres of a year earlier. Dairies have raised procurement prices steeply after a delayed flush season, linked to drought in some areas and floods in others.

- Date: 2019-12-06 · published 2019-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6375-no-sign-of-flush-season-this-year-production-of-milk-drops-across-maharashtra
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Weather-driven milk shortages push up local procurement prices and may increase demand for feed to support lactating herds, supporting feed input costs in India.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2017-06-27 | [California's triple-digit heat slows milk production, threatens crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10593-california-s-triple-digit-heat-slows-milk-production-threatens-crops.md) | -4.2% | -5.1% |
| MILK | 2019-01-03 | [Tight margins, weather slow global milk production \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7674-tight-margins-weather-slow-global-milk-production-capital-press.md) | +1.7% | +1.5% |
| MILK | 2024-07-27 | [Dairy Market Mania: How Heatwaves, Bird Flu, and Heifer Shortages are Shaking Up Milk Production and Prices \| The Bullvine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6829-dairy-market-mania-how-heatwaves-bird-flu-and-heifer-shortages-are-shaking-up.md) | +2.4% | +4.2% |
| MILK | 2019-02-20 | [International prices for milk and dairy products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9987-international-prices-for-milk-and-dairy-products.md) | -0.3% | +6.8% |
| MILK | 2019-06-06 | [Weekly Digest II: Class III and IV milk prices move to two-year highs; ‘forage crisis’ looms - Progressive Dairy \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58736-weekly-digest-ii-class-iii-and-iv-milk-prices-move-to-two-year-highs-forage.md) | +1.2% | +7.4% |

## Sources

- indianexpress.com: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/no-sign-of-flush-season-this-year-production-of-milk-drops-across-maharashtra-6153161/

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