Camel milk farm in southern Kazakhstan with 450 camels, 100 being milked (by hand), average yield of 500 liters/day. Camel milk is for local markets, sold fresh in bottles in Shymkent and Almaty for 300-400 Tenge/liter in Shymkent and 700- 1000 Tenge/liter in Almaty. Natural grazing except for winter and pregnancy. Kazakh “Aruana” breed of dromedary. Bactrians yield only 1-2 liters/day. Foaling every other year in spring. Milk is a bigger money maker than camel meat. Growing business now, camel milk becoming “famous” for health, and people say it prevents cancer. The farm is 10,000 hectares, 3-5x the sale price of cow milk in Almaty.
