What is the Polish dairy industry facing and what has the sector paid attention to by the Minister of Agriculture?

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Henryk Kowalczyk, met with representatives of dairy cooperatives last week to discuss the current situation in the sector and on the dairy market. After discussing the market situation, representatives of dairy cooperatives held a discussion with the Minister of Agriculture, during which many issues important for the dairy industry were discussed. Problems with retail chains The first to speak was Czesław Cieślak, president of OSM in Koło, who emphasized that the problems in the dairy industry primarily concerned the sale of dairy products. – The problem of trade should be solved through an agreement between milk suppliers, processing plants, retail chains and consumers, because in Poland we often exclude each other – said Cieślak. – It must be admitted that the prices of dairy products rose to astronomical levels last year and there was a certain imbalance in consumption, especially butter and cheese. We can clearly see that and ...