Dairy Produce Graded for Export

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 94, Issue 2, 15 February 1957, Page 155

Dairy Produce Graded for Export

SOME alterations to the whey butter and cheese portions of the return of dairy produce graded for export during November and for the 4 months ended November 195 & published in the January issue of “The Journal” have led to amended figures. These are given below: — BUTTER Percentage Period Creamery Whey Total inc. or dec. (tons) (tons) (tons) November 1956 .. .. . . . . 24,315 422 24,737 November 1955 .. .. .. 24,925 441 25,366 Increase or decrease .. .. —6lO —(9 —629 —2.479 4 months ended 30/11/56 .. 72,761 1,185 73,946 4 months ended 30/11/55 .. . 73,783 1,230 75,013 Increase or decrease .. .. .. —1,022 —45 —1,067 —1.422 Butter in store at 30 November 1956 was 8,717 tons CHEESE Percentage Period White Coloured Total inc. or dec. y (tons) (tons) (tons) November 1956 .. .. .. .. 11,951 1,914 13,865 November 1955 .. .. 12,307 .2,097 14,404 Increase or decrease .. .. .. —356 —lB3 —539 —3.742 4 months ended 30/11/56 .. 29,733 4,012 33,745 4 months ended 30/11/55 .. 29,990 4,131 34,121 Increase or decrease .. .. .. —257 —ll9 —376 —1.102 Cheese in store at November 1956 was 16,806 tons If these figures are converted into butterfat equivalent, there is a decrease of 1.368 per cent, in butterfat graded for the 4 months as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding season. The above figures refer only to butter and cheese graded for export, and owing to diversions which may take place from time to time they are not necessarily a true indication of production trends.