Uruguay: Dairy farmers fall into debt and face an uncertain future

In the Uruguayan dairy farms the situation is getting more and more complicated. With rations and bales that rise in price, heifers and cows that began to give birth in confinement, less milk remittances, and greater indebtedness because the cows have to eat to produce milk, producers no longer know what to do and jeopardize their pockets. In the traditional dairy basin, made up of Canelones, Florida and San José, the rains were scarce, the oats that would make up quick reserves for the fall can no longer be planted and now we have to think about planting ryegrass. The problem is that there is a lack of moisture in the soil for the planting to thrive. There were producers who wanted to return the oat seed they bought, because they will not be able to plant and they were not accepted. "The milk that was lost will no longer be recovered, but the worst are the consequences of the drought, how much more are we going to lose and to what extent are the smallest producers willing to go ...