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Total Milk Production 2008

Published 13.11.2009
  • Total milk production fell to 2,244 million litres.
  • The volume of dairy milk totalled 2,188 million litres and milk for on-farm use 56 million litres.
  • There were 11,890 milk producers in December 2008 – about seven per cent fewer than in 2007.
  • Dairy cows numbered about 288,000 in December 2008 – about the same as in December 2007.
  • The average yield from each dairy cow fell to 7,770 litres.

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