Thursday, 22 December 2011 12:30

Milk flow still 10% ahead

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Fonterra Shareholders, the Woolerton family, get ready for Christmas with Fonterra tanker driver Shane Vercoe

FONTERRA SAYS it’s still collecting 10% more milk than last year, with about 65 million litres/day coming in.

In a pre-Christmas press release reminding the public that while they “kick back” this holiday season, 13,350 members of the Fonterra family will be in the dairy shed, on the road and running the Co-operative’s 28 manufacturing sites.

“On Christmas day all of our 10,500 farmers will be putting the milking cups on; 850 drivers will be on the road; 1,800 manufacturing staff will be on site and 200 supply chain staff will be packing our export containers,” says managing director trade and operations Gary Romano.

“The good weather conditions have meant the milk is still really flowing. We broke production records in October – we collected a record 81.5 million litres on our biggest day which is not only higher than last year’s record, it’s also the first time in the Co-op’s history that we’ve collected more than 80 million litres in one day.

“We’re still collecting, processing and shipping around 10 per cent more milk than last year. In March this year, we exported a record 229,000 tonnes of product for the month. If things carry on the way they are in December, we’re on track to export close to 240,000 tonnes.”

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