Dairy crisis: Thai government summons industry leaders

[Coss]

Dairy crisis: Thai government summons industry leaders over 200-tonne daily milk glut.

Industry insiders attribute the crisis to deep-seated structural issues, including a lack of government data on the surplus and market distortions caused by the National School Milk Programme.

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[bust]

Never heard of milk being quantified by weight.

[Old Hippie]

Better build up the ice cream, cheese, yogurt, sour cream industries…

[Mekong]

5 hours ago, bust said:

Never heard of milk being quantified by weight.

Milk is typically measured and sold in litres (volume) for consumer retail, such as cartons and bottles, because it is a liquid. In industrial or wholesale contexts, milk may be measured by mass, commonly in kilograms or metric tonnes,

[bust]

3 minutes ago, Mekong said:

Milk is typically measured and sold in litres (volume) for consumer retail, such as cartons and bottles, because it is a liquid. In industrial or wholesale contexts, milk may be measured by mass, commonly in kilograms or metric tonnes,

OK given that wouldn't different types of milk be greater in volume versus weight? For example  a tonne full cream milk would have less volume than a tonne of skim milk.

[Mekong]

4 hours ago, bust said:

OK given that wouldn't different types of milk be greater in volume versus weight? For example  a tonne full cream milk would have less volume than a tonne of skim milk.

Correct