Raw milk production increases year on year

According to a recent report released by Sampro, raw milk production in South Africa was higher compared to the previous year in seven of the last eight years (2008 to 2015), only declining in 2009 with respect to 2008.

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Raw milk production in 2015 was a record 6,37% higher than in 2014. This was the result of the high production in the first ten months of 2015, as the production in the last two months of 2015 was lower than that of last two months of 2014.

In the four years from 2011 to 2015, the production of raw milk increased by 16,62% or an average of 4,16% per annum, which is much higher than the increase of 3,65% in the previous three years (2008 to 2011) or an average of 1,21% per annum.

Raw milk purchases

Considering the purchase of raw milk, data on total raw milk purchases in South Africa released by Sampro indicates that purchases from January to April 2016 and the estimated mass purchased in May and June 2016 are lower than in the same months of 2015, but higher than in the same months of 2014. – Sampro

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