Dairy Produce Graded for Export

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 95, Issue 1, 15 July 1957, Page 16

Dairy Produce Graded for Export

If these figures are converted into butterfat equivalent, there is a decrease of 4.122 per cent, in butterfat graded for the 9 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.

BUTTER Percentage Period Creamery Whey Total Percentage Inc. or dec. (tons) (tons) (tons) April 1957 .. 8,787 228 9,015 April 1956 .. 7,310 210 7,520 Increase or decrease ... + 1,477 + 18 + 1,495 + 19.880 9 months ended 30/4/57 147,934 2,743 150,677 9 months ended 30/4/56 155,538 2,779 158,317 Increase or decrease —7,604 —36 —7,640 —4.826 Butter In store at store at 30 April 1957 30 April 1957 was 27,400 was 27,400 tons tons Note: In the 3 months January-March 3990 tons of Ice cream base were graded for export at Auckland, but not Included In the butterfat the butterfat figures. figures. CHEESE Percentage Period CHEESE White Coloured Total Percentage Inc.- or dec. (tons) (tons) (tons) April 1957 (tons) 5,978 (tons) 722 (tons) 6,700 April 1956 .. 5,630 881 6,511 Increase or decrease + 348 —159 + 189 2.903 9 months ended 30/4/57 74,155 9,978 84,133 — 9 months ended 30/4/56 72,467 12,702 85,169 —. Increase or decrease .. + 1,688 —2,724 —1;036 —1.216 Cheese In store at store at 30 April 1957 30 April 1957 was 25,201 was 25,201 tons tons

THE following figures showing quantities of dairy produce graded for export during April 1957 and for the 9 months ended 30 April 1957 with comparative figures for the same month and 9 months of 1955-56 have been compiled by the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture from figures supplied by divisional officers at the various grading ports:—