Fiorello B.

Abenes, PhD

Towards a Value- Emeritus Professor of Animal and

Veterinary Sciences
CalPoly University Pomona
added Philippine Faculty and Institutional
Dairy Industry Development Manager
USAID-STRIDE
 The Philippines
imports about
$800 million of
. . . we have so much work to do,
dairy products
we must do scientific approach
and best practices to be able to
each year, with
make an improvement in local producers
production output. only supplying
Marilyn Collado
one percent of
NDA Administrator
20th National Dairy Congress
demand.
The average California dairy cow produces 33 kg/day of milk
With respect to thermoregulation, heat stress generally leads to a decrease in
voluntary intake,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285707347_Effects_of_heat_stress_on_feed_intake_and_digestion_in_ruminants
[accessed Aug 28, 2017].
Is there another route?
 WHOLE MILK CONVERSION
To make one pound of Requires

Butter 21.2 lbs whole milk

Whole Milk Cheese 10.0 lbs whole milk
Evaporated Milk 2.1 lbs whole milk
Condensed Milk 2.3 lbs whole milk
Whole Milk Powder 7.4 lbs whole milk
Powdered Cream 13.5 lbs whole milk
Ice Cream (1 gal) 12.0 lbs whole milk
Cottage Cheese (Dry Curd basis) 7.25 lbs skim milk
Non-fat Dry Milk 11.00 lbs skim milk
Processing of dairy products gives small-
scale dairy producers higher cash
incomes than selling raw milk and offers
better opportunities to reach regional
and urban markets.

The best opportunity is in specialty cheese

products that require lengthy aging, special flavor
or attractive packaging.
 Cacio-cavallo has a
pear shape and a
creamy white
filling. It comes
from the milk of a
rare Italian breed
of cow (only
25,000 exist) called
the Podolica, which
only lactates from
5. Cacio-cavallo Podolico 70 euro/kg; US $42/pound
May to June.
 This rare Italian cheese
is aged and prestigious:
the oldest block is from
1996 and is stored in
the Sanctuary of Bitto,
in Gerola Alta, where
the cheese is produced.

4. Bitto storico 245 euro/kg; US $150/pound

 Produced in Sweden by
the Moose House, this
cheese is made only from
the milk of Gullan, Haelga,
and Juno. Each animal
produces about 5 liters
(1.3 gallons) of milk per
day, so each year the farm
can only offer 300 kg (660
pounds) of cheese. The
cheese contains 12
3. Moose Cheese Over 500/kg; US $300/pound percent fat and 12
percent protein.

2. White Stilton Gold 700 euro/kg ; US $420/pound
One of the few British cheeses
labeled PDO (Protected
Denomination Origin), Stilton
is called The King of British
cheeses and only six
creameries in the world are
allowed to make it. The White
Gold, suitable for dessert, is as
creamy as the plain White,
with the difference that it is
crumblyand it contains real
gold.
 Only available on demand, it is made
of smoked donkeys milk, and is
produced only in the Balkans by
Zasavica Special Nature Reserve,
home to a hundred donkeys. he high
price is due to the amount of milk
required to make 1 kg of cheese: 25
liters. Female donkeys are milked
manually, since there are no suitable
machines to do the job.
1. Pule (or donkeys pet in Serbian) 1,000 euro/kg; US
$600/pound