The growth of the top 100 dairy farms outpaces that of the Brazilian dairy industry.
Large dairy farms in Brazil are growing milk production at a double-digit rate annually and the category has quadrupled production over the past two decades.
An industry report says the rate of growth for the top 100 Brazilian dairy farms was 13% in 2024 – 400% greater than in 2001.
The average daily output per farm was 32,555 litres (approximately 2700kg milksolids) and the top 10 producers were up over 74,000 litres.
The leading producer is Fazenda Colorado, with approximately 3 million kg MS during the year and a daily average approaching 100,000 litres.
These larger producers favour confined systems with free stalls and compost barns, the report says.
The majority run Holstein-Friesians (82%) and there are some herds with Girolando and Jersolando-Kiwicross breeding.
Average daily milk production is 34.8 litres a cow within the top 100 producers surveyed by MilkPoint, now collaborating with the Brazilian Dairy Producers Association.
The growth of the top 100 outpaces that of the Brazilian dairy industry, showing that they have been key players in the modernisation and expansion of the industry.
“The gap may be linked to factors such as technological advancements, genetic improvement, professional management, and greater production efficiency – all of which have helped consolidate large-scale farms as benchmarks.
“Due to their production volume, quality and consistency, these producers often achieve price premiums.”
The average surveyed cost of production was 2.25 real per litre (NZ66c) and the premium price received from processors was 2.82 real (83c).
The top 100 farms produce about 5% of Brazil’s inspected milk supply, which comes from over 200,000 farms. But the total number of farms has fallen from over 600,000 in the past decade.
Over 10% the consolidated number of dairy farms now use confinement systems and they account for half of the national supply.
Twenty-two of the top 100 operate as a group called Unium supplying four co-operatively owned processors, and 12 individual farms have their own processing plants.
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