Portugal: Is it worth crying over spilled milk?

Portugal can only gain from a stronger, more resilient dairy industry. It is worthwhile to convert difficulties into opportunities and find a fundamentally more sustainable future. Last Friday we witnessed another demonstration by milk producers, called “For a sustainable future in production”, which calls for greater support for milk production in Portugal, thus seeking to guarantee the survival of their farms. At issue, as usual, is the lack of support for income and production, which, according to the reform that is being designed in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union, is expected to see a very considerable cut in support, as well as Government policies are determined to place the price paid to producers, by industry and distribution, at a level that ensures sustainable income. From spilled milk to barefoot galoshes, seen this past Friday, many have been the calls and demonstrations promoted by the milk sector, over these years. Personally, there is ...