# Business.Scoop » New Zealand Dairy Production Reaches Record High

> DairyNZ reported that New Zealand's dairy sector produced 21.76 billion litres of milk and 2.024 billion kilograms of milksolids in the 2025/26 season, the first time output passed 2 billion kilograms. Milksolids output rose 4.5% year on year while milk volume rose 3.5%, and the national herd count fell by 102 to 10,268 with cow numbers up 1% to 4.72 million.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-02T03:14:36.438Z
- Category: report · region New Zealand · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74747-business-scoop-new-zealand-dairy-production-reaches-record-high
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

A record New Zealand milk supply adds to global dairy export availability, which is mildly bearish for world dairy prices and for milk-based feed ingredients. The effect on US feed markets is limited, so the impact is modest.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2026-06-29 | [Record milk production keeps pressure on dairy prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18977-record-milk-production-keeps-pressure-on-dairy-prices.md) | -2.7% | -1.6% |
| MILK | 2017-11-15 | [New Zealand milk production recovers News Oceania n°16/2017 \| CLAL News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67982-new-zealand-milk-production-recovers-news-oceania-n-16-2017-clal-news.md) | 0.0% | -7.8% |
| MILK | 2026-07-11 | [Cheese production higher, milk prices lower - Dairy Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18337-cheese-production-higher-milk-prices-lower-dairy-star.md) | +0.4% | +7.1% |
| MILK | 2021-12-03 | [Dairy product production slows - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43590-dairy-product-production-slows-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.5% | +0.5% |
| MILK | 2017-11-14 | [Dry dairy product prices struggle \| Food Business News \| November 14, 2017 20:35](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68123-dry-dairy-product-prices-struggle-food-business-news-november-14-2017-20-35.md) | +0.2% | -7.1% |

## Sources

- business.scoop.co.nz: https://business.scoop.co.nz/2026/11/02/new-zealand-dairy-production-reaches-record-high/
- agriland.co.uk: https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/new-zealand-milk-production-reaches-record-high/

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