In Córdoba of Spain and Sucre of Bolivia, the price of milk rises, but formal collection falls

The most recent OPCA report revealed that the value of the liter of milk paid to the producer was quoted at $ 1,016 and $ 900 without bonus, respectively. However, the dairy harvest fell to 5.1 million compared to the previous year. According to the Observatory of Prices and Agricultural Costs of the Northwest Zone of the Colombian Caribbean, OPCA, the price index to the producer and marketer of raw cow's milk (in the formal market in the Córdoba-Sucre subregion) increased in the month of August. It grew 5.7% compared to July and the index was placed at 149.1, that is, the price of the liter, weighted by the quantity sold, is 49% higher than the price of February 2019, which is the basis of the index. Compared with the same month of the previous year (139.9), it is higher by 9 percentage points. (see annex table 1). (Read: Sharp drop in milk prices in Córdoba and Sucre) The OPCA's raw cow's milk production prediction model indicates that in the month of August, an average of 35.5 ...