Dutch Dairymen Seeking
Larger Export Markets
By HERMAN KEYMAN
Office of U.S. Agricultural Attache
The Hague
The Netherlands dairy industry, ex
panding in numbers of cows as well
as m milk yield per animal, is continu
ing to seek new and enlarged foreign
markets for its increased output of prod
ucts The greater share of the aug
mented milk supply currently is being
channeled into production of cheese and
specialty dairy products.
Total Dutch dairy cattle population
appears to be headed for a rise of at
least 5 percent this year from the esti
mated 1973 total of 2.1 million animals
This gain of a minimum 100,000 head,
plus anticipated higher milk yield per
cow. could increase total milk produc
tion by about 620,000 metric tons in
1974 to about 10 million tons —nearly
7 percent above the 1973 total
Also, lower farm withholding and un
changed fluid milk imports could result
m milk deliveries to dairy factories of
between 9 6 and 9 7 million tons—an
increase ot 650 000 tons or 7 percent
over those of 1973
The larger total Dutch milk supply is
likely to be used several wavs
• Cheese will use another 40-45 per
cent therein raising factory cheese pro
duction 7-S percent over 1973 output
• Specialty products will take 20-25
percent pushing total Dutch production
ol these items by about 15 percent over
1973
• Butter and nonfat dry milk will
take 10-15 percent, nudging total Dutch
butter production in 1974 about 3 per
cent over 1973's and nonl.it dry milk
output by anout 10 percent over last
year s
• Whole diy milk will utilize 10-15
percent raising total output of this
product by about the same amount
• Condensed and evaporated milk
will take S 9 percent increasing total
production by about 4-5 percent
Except lor larger volumes ot cheese
and noiilat drv milk that will be con
sumed domestically, bv lar the major
share ol the higher 1974 production will
have to be exported So tar, prospects
for higher exports in 1974 are bright,
but this year’s carryove' stocks of but
ter and cheese probably may show some
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increase over the relatively low 1971
carryover supplies.
last year, the average number of
dairy cows was 6 6 percent greater than
in 1972 But lower milk production per
cow limited the increase in total milk
production to about 4 2 percent The
largest share—about 70 percent—ot the
increased milk supplies in 1973 was
used (or production of cheese and spe
cialty products such as dietary food
items. Remainder was used mostly tor
whole dr) milk and condensed and
evaporated milk production
Since the domestic market took only
a slightly larger volume ot cheese, the
bulk of all 1973 Dutch dairy output was
exported These shipments were facili
tated by a relative shortage on the world
market
An even more pronounced increase
of 6 6 percent in Dutch milk produc
tion is projected lor 1974 Although the
major part ol the larger milk supplies
again will be used in cheese and spe
cialty product manulacturc prospects
lor marketing ot other commercial d.urv
products also are lavorable Thercloie
a slight increase can be expected in
1974 butter production
Cow numbers in 1973 were at an all
time high Among the several reasons
lor this development were favorable fi
naneial returns tor larger dairy (arm
operators and the accelerated structural
changes m daily tanning in recent
years
Structural ch mges that h ive oecuned
are mamlv those th >t increase efficiency
In substituting modem equipment lor
labor Such changes requite highei eeiw
mimbeis per larm tor optn mm results
’I he number ol mechanical milking par
lois his doubled since January I, 1972
and in June totaled more than 6 ()()()
During this same period the number ol
milk tank coolers on farms also has
more than doubled and the number
in use now totals well over 10,000
The anticipated higher yield per cow
in 1974 is based on the improved sup
plies of roughage during the winter of
1973-74 as well as the early spring of
this year. The lower yield per animal in
1973 was due in part to the lower qual
ity of roughage available at that time.
Volume of milk delivered to plants
for manufacture of dairy products rose
from 8.5 million tons in 1972 to about
9 million tons m 1973. As a result, the
quantity of milk held on farms dropped
from about 479,000 tons in 1972 to
about 430.000 tons in 1973. Of the 9
million tons moving into production,
about 125.000 tons came from imports
and about 26,000 tons from powder.
Because of increased foreign and do
mestic demand, a larger share of milk
was diverted to commercial dairy prod
ucts in 1973 and less to subsidized items
such as butter and nonlat dry milk than
had been anticipated early in the year
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La nca ster Farming, Saturday, Sept. 14,1974
was mainly for cheese .mcl consumer
milk producis. while higher foreign de
mand was reported for practically all
dairy producis
Developments in the first 6 months
ot this year seem to indicate th.it in
general a continuation ol this rising
trend in demand lor Dutch dairy prod
ucts can be expected during the scar
And it is possible that only slightly
higher volumes of milk will be diverted
this year to production ot nutter and
nonfat dry milk than m 1973
and m 1973
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