Al Ain Dairy to set up new farm with Dh400m investment

The UAE’s Al Ain Dairy is establishing a new farm with an investment of Dh400 million in the outskirts of Al Ain which will substantially boost the company’s production capacity to help meet its supply constraints.

“We are setting up a new standalone farm with an investment of Dh400 million near Al Ain housing nearly 6,000 livestock,” said Shashi Kumar Menon, Chief Operating Officer of Al Ain Dairy – one of the three largest dairy firms in the UAE.

“We will import livestock mainly from Australia and also generate from existing livestock. We already have one farm housing approximately 6,500 livestock,” Menon said.

He said the company is currently focusing on the local market due to supply constraints.

“At this point we are focused on catering UAE market, we don’t have surplus for the (other) markets,” he said, adding that the dairy firm has applied for licence with European Union and the US regulatory authorities for exports to the two regions.

“We have chosen powder and ice cream for the US and EU exports because they have longer shelf lives.”

The government-owned dairy firm also announced the launch of camel milk ice cream and pure camel milk powder to the mass market which will be available in select retail outlets throughout the UAE under the Camelait brand.

He said the dairy prices have been remained stable over the years. Though dairy prices are governed by the government, he, however, said the dairy association has not sought price increases.

Recently, it was reported that the bottled water prices will increase by up to 20 per cent.

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