北美加拿大乳品加工业占据行业鳌头地广人稀的加拿大十分适合畜牧业生产,乳品加工业在加拿大农业和食品行业中占有重要的地位。进入21世纪,有统计显示加拿大有281个乳品加工厂,生产出来的乳品价值达98亿加元,占加拿大食品饮料加工业销售额的14.3%。加拿大向全世界提供了超过20%以上的奶牛基因品种,形式包括高质量的奶牛、胚胎和公牛精子。相比之下,加拿大出口的奶制品仅占全球国际市场不到1%的份额。 North America Canada Canada’s dairy industry occupies the industry sparsely populated in Canada is very suitable for livestock production, dairy processing industry in Canada’s agriculture and food industry occupies an important position. In the 21st century, statistics show that 281 dairy processing plants in Canada produce dairy products valued at 9.8 billion Canadian dollars, accounting for 14.3% of Canadian food and beverage processing industry sales. Canada offers more than 20% of the cow genetic varieties worldwide, in the form of high quality cows, embryos and bull sperm. In contrast, Canadian exports of dairy products account for only less than 1% of the global international market share.