Brazil increases concentration but maintains milk collection volume
Brazil
Published Mar 30, 2023
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Despite having one of the highest margins in the price paid for milk in Latin America, Brazil continues with a stagnant intake volume, as well as its neighbors in Mercosur. A survey by Embrapa Dairy Cattle presented at a meeting of the Aliança Láctea and debated by the industries in Rio Grande do Sul this Tuesday (28/03) indicates that the price per liter in Brazil in 2022 is US$ 0.56, well above the value practiced in the Uruguay (US$0.42), Argentina (US$0.37) and Chile (US$0.44). Despite the high costs of inputs in the country, researcher from Embrapa Gado de Leite Lorildo Stock indicates that the data confirm that milk is a profitable activity when practiced on a scale. “It may be bad for some, but not for everyone. What we see is a trend towards world concentration of production and this is happening in Brazil as well. There is an increase in scale in large properties, a greater production per animal, which compensates for the abandonment of producers from the activity. On the ...
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