RIYADH. Dec 31: A Saudi dairy company owned by a member of the ruling family is seeking to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest dairy farm in the world, its maYketing manager said, reports AFP.

Al-Safl Dairy Company, owned by Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal. has 24.000 cows producing 13 million litres of milk and other dairy products per year. Mohammed Serhan told reporters at the company headquarters.

Production by the farm. 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Riyadh, accounts for nearly 15 per cent of Saudi Arabia's total dairy output of 650 million litres per year and it has 22 factories and a fleet of 320 vans.

Most of Al-Safl's production is marketing inside Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil producer and exporter. The rest is sold In the other Gulf Cooperation Coun-cil (GCC) states.