date:Mar 06, 2014
and environmental protection measures.
It is also more costly to produce raw milk in China compared with other dairy heavyweight nations, the study noted. The price of corn, an essential grain for cows, is 20 percent higher in China than in the United States. Other key ingredients, such as hay, are 60 to 70 percent more expensive.
China's expanding urbanized population is driving sales of dairy products, which market research firm Frost Sullivan projects will double from the present $45 bill