Rabobank expects EU dairy production to rise 4% year-over-year in H1, fueling surge in exports; US domestic market expected to show modest growth in 2014, as slow economic growth, reductions in SNAP payments compounded by more increases in retail pricing

Nevin Barich

Nevin Barich

NEW YORK , March 21, 2014 (press release) – International Prices to Ease Through 2014

Rabobank has issued a new report on the global dairy industry, forecasting an easing of global milk pricing from mid to late Q2 2014.

Rabobank’s Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory group says that exportable dairy supply rose strongly in Q4 2013, and is expected to continue into early 2014 as producers respond to improved margins through high milk prices and falling feed costs. The bank expects a strong Northern Hemisphere production season, on the back of an exceptional season in the Southern Hemisphere, to generate more than enough exportable supply to exceed China’s extraordinary additional needs from the world market, loosening the market somewhat. However, Rabobank analysts say that the rate of price reduction will be limited by structural constraints on suppliers, the need to replenish depleted buyer inventories, and ongoing demand growth in line with a slow economic recovery.

“The most crucial demand side question is whether China will sustain the frenetic buying we have seen on the international market throughout the last 12 months,” states Rabobank analyst Tim Hunt.

Regional Outlooks

EU: Rabobank expects production to rise by an impressive 4% year-over-year for the first half of 2014, fueling a surge in exports. Fractional growth in the second half of 2014 will be boosted in the first half of 2015 when current quotas are eliminated and the EU will likely make a substantial contribution to boosting international supply.

U.S.: The U.S. domestic market is only expected to show modest growth over 2014, as slow economic growth and reductions in SNAP payments are compounded by further increases in retail pricing. But improved supply momentum should see exports grow strongly in the first half of 2014.

New Zealand: Rabobank expects the final three months of the New Zealand season (until to May 2014) to see production that is at least 20% to 30% higher than the drought-impacted finish of the 2013 season. While export volumes can be expected to taper off through season end, shipments are likely to continue to trend at least 10% above the previous year due to higher milk flows.

Australia: Improved seasonal conditions and increased farm gate prices for Southern producers saw a recent rise in milk flow, albeit marginal. Rabobank expects a further recovery in milk flows in the first half of 2014, on the back of better weather and higher milk prices. A small exportable surplus can also be expected on the back of a 2% year-over-year production increase.

Brazil: A drought in the Southeast, coupled with weak local demand growth is expected to slow Brazilian supply growth, simultaneously reducing import activity as supply expands faster than local demand.

Argentina: In the context of a depreciating peso and economic uncertainty, Rabobank expects only modest year-over-year production growth, particularly as margins are eroded from milk prices rising slower than costs.

Rabobank’s report on the global dairy industry in Q2 2014 is available to media upon request.

Rabobank Group is a global financial services leader providing wholesale and retail banking, leasing, real estate services, and renewable energy project financing. Founded over a century ago, Rabobank is one of the largest banks in the world, with nearly $1 trillion in assets and operations in more than 40 countries. In North America, Rabobank is a premier bank to the food, beverage and agribusiness industry. Rabobank’s Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory team is comprised of more than 80 analysts around the world who provide expert analysis, insight and counsel to Rabobank clients about trends, issues and developments in all sectors of agriculture. www.rabobank.com/f&a

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Contacts
Media:
Rabobank International
Lynne Burns, 212-808-2581
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or
Rabo AgriFinance
Sarah Kolell, 816-516-7984
Sarah.Kolell@RaboAg.com
or
Rabobank, N.A.
Jessup Wiley, 559-447-7946
Jessup.Wiley@rabobank.com

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