France: The German market pulls dairy down

Published 2023년 2월 3일

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The French beef cattle industry is facing a significant challenge due to rising energy and raw material costs, competition distortion from EU dairy reforms, and a decrease in cattle numbers, except in Poland. The industry is advocating for reduced exports to maintain production, though this could limit healthy competition. The article also highlights the impact of these challenges on the organic sector and the shift towards processed food. The rising prices of meat, particularly organic meat, are straining household budgets, with one-third of households struggling to afford poultry and pork.

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Beef cattle – There is the Egalim law, the VBF, the discourse of distributors and consumers in favor of French meat and opposite there is the purse of housewives and the law of the market for processors or catering . While everyone is suffering from the rise in energy and raw materials, the differences in the valuation of dairy reforms between France and the other countries of the E.U. generate such a distortion of competition that our slaughterers are no longer able to sell the small volumes put on the market. Some brands no longer hesitate to communicate and promote EU meat under the guise of defending consumer purchasing power, even though they are committed to the VBF. On a French market where consumption is stable (-1% in 2022), the level of supply is decreasing in a worrying and above all uncontrolled way. This fall in cattle numbers affects all EU countries, apart from Poland, which is stable for the moment. The solution envisaged to maintain the level of production in ...

Source: Pleinchamp