CAMAGÜEY.- With 90 million 500 thousand liters of milk gathered at the end of this Thursday, the Camagüey province exceed its annual plan of delivery of this food to the industry. Reinaldo Martínez González, specialist of cattle in the Department of the Agriculture delegation in the territory, affirmed that this number represents a million 900 thousand liters over the planned for 2018, since 88 thousand 600 liters had been proposed.

The kindness received from the climate, mainly in the first semester of the year with the abundant rains, was one of the principal causes that allowed us to reach these results, which were also joined by the behavior of the reproductive campaign, he mentioned.

In addition, he recounted the favorable of the increase of the births compared with last year, which propitiated to support more than eight thousand 200 cows in milking with a yield of more than 4.6 liters, mainly in August and September.

He also referred that as regards the campaign of gathering of milk of 2017, grew in confidence in nine million 600 thousand liters, also a more efficient feeding was achieved, since it was possible to grow in the food per capita for animal in the epoch of dry season.

Another aspect that contributed, he added, there were the receiving centers of cold milk which offered the possibility of exercising a major record in the compilation and handling of the product, because it facilitates to each of the producers the physic- chemical characterization of the fluid milk.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez