Milk quality in the consumer era

Abstract

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New Zealand produces only 1.6 per cent of the world's milk. But the big producers — the EEC, Russia and the USA — aim only to satisfy their own needs and so only about 4 per cent of the milk produced finds its way into international trade as dairy products. New Zealand provides a third of this 4 percent and thus a small producer ends up playing a dominant role in international dairy trading.