Dairies
The corner dairy In New Zealand a small mixed grocery shop is known as a dairy. Many are on street corners, so they are often referred to as the ‘corner dairy’.
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Dairying and dairy products
Most pioneer families kept a few cows to supplement their limited diet with dairy products. Soon, cream was trundled in cans to factories by horse and cart to be processed for city folk.
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Dairy exports
The dairy industry had export sales of more than $6.3 billion in 2007, making it New Zealand’s leading export earner.
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Dairy sheds
Early dairy sheds had rough floors of earth or stone, often with poor drainage. They lacked a supply of fresh water and a means of heating water, so were difficult to clean. A
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Dairy products
New Zealand now produces more than 100 categories of dairy products. The basic materials for all of these is whole milk.
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Dairy cattle breeds
In 2007 New Zealand had more than 4.2 million dairy cows producing over 15 billion litres of milk.