Dairy Produce Graded for Export

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 95, Issue 2, 15 August 1957, Page 185

Dairy Produce Graded for Export

BUTTER „ . . Percentage Period Creamery . Whey Total inc. or dec. (tons) (tons) (tons) May 1957 3,723 150 3,873 May 1956 3,817 157 3,974 Increase or decrease —7 101 2.541 10 months ended 31/5/57 .. ... 151,657 2,893 154,550 10 months ended 31/5/56 .. • .. 159,355 2,936 162,291 Increase or decrease .. .. .. 7,698 —43 —7,741 4.770 Butter in store at 31 May 1957 was 25,406 tons Note: In the 3 months January-March 3,990 tons of ice cream base were graded for export at Auckland, but not included in the butterfat figures. CHEESE ■ Percentage Period z , . White . Coloured Total inc. or dec. (tons) (tons) (tons) May 1957.. .. .. 4,684 376 5,060 May 1956 5,451 ' 5,451 (norease or decrease .. —767 +376 —391 —7.173 10 months ended 31/5/57 78,839 10,354 89,193 10 months ended 31/5/56 .. .. 77,918 12,702 90,620 Increase or decrease .. .. +921 2,348 —1,427 ' —1.575

f g ’HE following figures showing quantities of dairy produce graded for export during May 1957 -*■ and for the 10. months ended 31 May 1957 with comparative figures for the same month and 10 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:

Cheese in store at 31 May 1957 was 22,008 tons ' ' If these figures are converted into butterfat equivalent, there is a decrease of 4.127 per cent, in butterfat graded for the 10 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. - .. . . ..