the new zealand dairy industrymedia.repro-mayr.de/93/70793.pdf · 2008-01-24 · industry snapshot...
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LLOYD DOWNING | FONTERRA SHAREHOLDER
THE NEW ZEALAND DAIRY INDUSTRY
A FARMER’S PERSPECTIVE
WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND
3.9 MILLION COWS
4.2 MILLION PEOPLE
THE FAMILY FARM
INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT – 2006/07
� 3.9M COWS
� 11,000 FARMS
� 15.1 BILLION LITRES
� 1.3 BILLION KG Milksolids
� 934 KG Milksolids AVERAGE PER HA
� 121 HA AVERAGE EFFECTIVE HA
PRODUCTION HIGHEST ON RECORD
� 1,370,308 Lltres PER HERD
� 113,183 KG milksolids PER HERD
� 189 KG MILKFAT PER COW
� 142 KG PROTEIN PER COW
� 330 KG MILKSOLIDS PER COW
INFLATION ADJUSTED PAYOUT
$0.00
$2.00
$4.00
$6.00
$8.00
1996/97 1998/99 2000/01 2002/03 2004/05 2006/07
Payout
Challenges to productivity
� Young Skilled People
� Land Values
� Environment/Climate Change
� Science/technology
FIELDAYS
commercial environment
Where the milk is coming from
A GLOBAL BUSINESS
Thank you