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Article: More goats needed, says milk producer.
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- Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Article date:
- February 18, 2005
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Feb. 18--Mah Boonkrong Dairy Goats Co plans to increase its production of goat milk by importing more dairy goats from abroad, with the aim of boosting its herd to 30,000 over the next three years.
The company operates the largest full-scale dairy goat farm in Thailand, located on 2,000 rai in Kanchanaburi, with currently more than 7,000 dairy goats.
President Sirichai Bulakul said the company would spend hundreds of millions of baht to purchase dairy goats from Australia, New Zealand and China, which would enable it to increase total output of goat milk to 60 tonnes a day from three tonnes a day currently.
Due to its rich nutritional value, he ...