[Nongsuchuksan Newspaper=Reporter Kim Sinji] Starting this year, Namyang Dairy has reduced the volume of raw milk contracts with cooperatives by 17%, and Maeil Dairy has unilaterally announced that it will reduce the contract volume by more than 30% next year, heightening the sense of crisis in the domestic dairy industry. The Korea Dairy and Beef Farmers Association (President Lee Seung-ho, hereinafter referred to as the Dairy Beef Association) expressed concerns about the deterioration of trust in government systems and the worsening management conditions for dairy farmers, and urgently requested the normal operation of the "differential pricing system by use." The differential pricing system by use, which has been implemented since 2023 to expand the purchase of domestic raw milk by dairy companies, is a system that applies different unit prices to raw milk for drinking and processing purposes to provide incentives to farmers.