In Spain, they closed two dairy farms per day in 2021

In 2021, 655 dairy farms closed, going from 12,079 in January 2021 to 11,424 in December of the same year (-5.4%), which means that about two farms closed every day in our country, according to the data from the Ministry of Agriculture. UPA blames this situation on the context of low milk prices that Spain has been dragging for years. Large-scale distribution uses milk as a claim product with consumers (offer, hook), maintaining very low prices, especially in white brands. These prices force the dairy industries to keep the prices of the rest of the brands also at low levels, in order to be competitive. In turn, the industries put pressure on producers to pay them prices below production costs and for them to bear the losses. UPA has denounced that Spanish dairy farmers receive one of the lowest prices in all of Europe for cow's milk. According to data for the month of December, only farmers in Portugal and Hungary sell milk cheaper than those in Spain, which is tied for the ...