date:Jan 22, 2013
l as its general quality and health, with milk output far exceeding a rise in dairy cows, which increased 8.7% to 3,250 head over 2012.
Average output per cow was, at 464 litres per month, 15% higher in the October-to-December quarter as in the same period of 2011.
Prices the group achieved for milk products were 15% higher at the end of the 2012 than a year before, due to the higher fat and protein content in the milk, which commands a higher price.
Price rises ahead
However, dairy prices b