date:Aug 22, 2012
In May, June and July 2012, the co-operative shipped 620,000 tonnes of dairy products to more than 100 countries an increase of 36% on the same three month period last year. During the final three months of the season, the firm traditionally ships around 450,000 tonnes of dairy products.
New Zealand-based Fonterra has cited record milk production by its 10,500 dairy farmer members in the 2011/12 season as a factor. Milk production was up 10% on 2010/11.
It has attributed the production increa