“Dairy Farming - His Majesty the King’s Given Occupation”
Beside Fish, easily-produced good quality protein, His Majesty the King
gave his own personal funding to build a dairy farm in the palace area,
aiming to be a laboratory for piloting studies on dairy cattle rearing as
an alternative for Thai farmers, as well as to promote milk-drinking in
Thailand.
In 1962, the Chitralada Dairy Farm was established. Later, during the
1969 crisis when the milk market was over-supplied, as His Majesty
prompt rescue to Thai dairy farmers, raw milk from farmers was
bought, pasteurized and distributed to the public at a low price in
order to promote fresh milk consumption.
More importantly, with his usual far-sightedness, His Majesty the King
gave his personal funding to build Suan Dusit Powder Milk Factory to
explore possibilities of powder milk production. It is become the first
powder milk plant in Thailand, all of which is designed and
constructed by Thais.
Recently, in the Royal Chitralada dairy industrial units, there are also
studies about the production of other dairy products such as Powder
Milk Tablets, Cheeses, Ice creams, Yoghurt, Condensed Milk, and
UHT Milk.