4.2 Milk Production Details of Cattle and Buffalo Farms by Province and District

Province	District	Milk Production (Litre) /Farm/Day						Total Farms
Province	District	0	0<-<10	10<-<20	20<-<50	50<-<100	100=<	Total Farms
	Kandy	3,112	3,793	2,120	358	25	3	9,411
	Matale	2,595	2,207	821	251	22	2	5,898
	Nuwara Eliya	3,654	2,143	3,381	1,044	91	13	10,326
Central		9,361	8,143	6,322	1,653	138	18	25,635
	Ampara	3,092	7,004	830	462	95	17	11,500
	Batticaloa	1,011	3,448	656	477	94	21	5,707
	Trincomalee	4,004	1,307	326	329	118	51	6,135
Eastern		8,107	11,759	1,812	1,268	307	89	23,342
	Anuradhapura	6,271	7,870	2,244	794	43	4	17,226
	Polonnaruwa	1,851	2,194	527	192	31	5	4,800`
North Central		8,122	10,064	2,771	986	74	9	22,026
	Kurunegala	9,803	9,201	2,938	875	70	3	22,890
	Puttalam	5,148	3,855	906	315	22	6	10,252
North Western		14,951	13,056	3,844	1,190	92	9	33,142
	Kegalle	3,489	1,365	209	40	1	0	5,104
	Ratnapura	1,707	1,017	262	93	10	0	3,089
Sabaragamuwa		5,196	2,382	471	133	11	0	8,193
	Galle	1,947	1,968	272	56	7	0	4,250
	Hambantota	880	2,171	536	276	27	11	3,901
	Matara	1,245	1,780	188	39	1	1	3,254
Southern		4,072	5,919	996	371	35	12	11,405
	Badulla	8,857	4,811	2,067	319	5	0	16,059
	Moneragala	5,992	3,228	346	234	59	15	9,874
Uva		14,847	8,039	2,413	553	64	15	25,931
	Colombo	448	697	278	162	19	4	1,608
	Gampaha	3,133	3,252	813	198	17	2	7,415
	Kalutara	676	1,316	333	126	6	2	2,459
Western		4,256	5,265	1,424	486	42	8	11,481
Sri Lanka (Without Northern Province)		68,915	64,627	20,053	6,640	763	160	161,158
Note: Out of 161,158 farms registered 43% (68,915) were not producing milk at the time of registration
Source:- Dept.of Animal Production and Health (Farm Registration Programme-2008)