Spain: COAG Andalucía asks the industry to clarify whether it is committed to quality and local Andalusian milk

In 2023, 81 dairy goat farms will have closed in Andalusia The Andalusian dairy goat sector is seriously threatened by the disproportion between high production costs and a new drop in the price of milk at source imposed by the industry, which represents zero profitability and an aggravation for farmers. And the direct consequence is that, in the last year, a total of 81 goat farms in Andalusia have been forced to close and production has decreased by 3.2%. And the trend is that it is getting worse. Antonio Rodríguez, head of Livestock at COAG Andalusia, denounces that a part of the dairy industry is currently reducing the price per liter of goat milk by around 25 cents in the new contracts, compared to what was contracted. For COAG Andalucía, it is unacceptable that part of the dairy industry is imposing this reduction in the price at origin while livestock farmers suffer an unbearable increase in production costs, derived mainly from the drought and the war conflict in Ukraine. ...