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Farm operations. Dairy farming in New Zealand is primarily pasture -based. Dairy cattle primarily feed on grass, supplemented by silage, hay and other crops during winter and other times of slow pasture growth. [13] Traditional dairy production areas are the wetter areas of the country, including the Waikato, the Bay of Plenty, Taranaki ...
Only 3% of dairy production is consumed domestically, with the rest exported. [23] New Zealand is the world's largest exporter of whole milk powder and butter, and the third-largest exporter (behind the European Union and the United States) of skim milk powder and cheese. [29]
The following article lists the world's largest producers of milk. Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. ... New Zealand 21,051,000 ...
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand multinational publicly traded dairy co-operative owned by New Zealand farmers. [5] The company is responsible for approximately 30% of the world's dairy exports [6] and with revenue exceeding NZ $22 billion, [3] making it New Zealand's largest company. It is the sixth-largest dairy company in ...
Westland Milk Products is a dairy company based in Hokitika, New Zealand. It has been owned by Chinese dairy company Yili Group since 2019. It is the third largest dairy processor in New Zealand (behind Fonterra and Open Country Dairy, and tied with Synlait) with a 3.4% market share. [1] Milk is sourced from farms across the West Coast, as far ...
A dairy farm had an average of 19 cows per herd in Norway, and 337 in New Zealand. Annual milk production in the same period increased from 7,726 to 8,550 kg (17,033 to 18,850 lb) per cow in these developed countries. The lowest average production was in New Zealand at 3,974 kg (8,761 lb) per cow.
Synlait Milk Ltd. is a New Zealand dairy processor selling dairy and plant-based nutritional products, ingredients and powders to multinational customers worldwide. It is headquartered in Dunsandel, Canterbury, with additional manufacturing sites in Auckland and PÅkeno, a Research and Development Centre in Palmerston North and offices in Beijing and in Shanghai.
In New Zealand, the average herd size increased from 113 cows in the 1975–76 season to 435 cows in 2018–19 season. [50] Worldwide, the largest cow milk producer is the United States, [51] the largest cow milk exporter is New Zealand, [52] [53] and the largest importer is China. [54]