在2005年8月举行的“饮品行业成本控制与市场展望”论坛上,中国奶业协会副理事长在发言中说,在1998～2003年间,我国的牛奶产量的年增幅超过20%。但在2004年,牛奶消费量的增幅仅有1.2%,整个奶业面临严峻的考验。由于国内奶业市场竞争日趋激烈,农民饲养一头奶牛的利润从几年前的4 At a forum on “Cost Control and Market Outlook for Beverage Industry” held in August 2005, the vice chairman of China Dairy Association said in his speech that in the period from 1998 to 2003, the annual increase in milk production in China exceeded 20%. However, in 2004, the increase of milk consumption was only 1.2%, and the entire dairy industry was facing a severe test. Due to the increasingly fierce competition in the domestic dairy market, the profit of farmers raising a cow from a few years ago, 4