date:Feb 22, 2013
(all in Victoria).
Total cheese production was up 5.4 per cent to 110,000 tonnes for the half, driven by increased volumes at Begas cutting and packaging plants, and increased direct milk intake by 8.9 per cent.
Increased milk supply has been achieved despite very difficult business circumstances for many of our suppliers as a result of decreased farm gate prices and rising input costs in the first half of 2013, Mr Irwin said.
Bega Cheese reported strengthened relationships during the half,