Spain: Manchego cheese has broken its own historical record

Published 2022년 2월 7일

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In 2021, Manchego cheese production and sales hit record highs, with 17.1 million kilos produced and the highest price achieved. This coincides with a 23% rise in milk prices for farmers. To ensure the future of Manchego sheep farmers, a Strategic Plan will be launched, and a School of Shepherds will be initiated to facilitate generational change. With Manchego cheese leading the agri-food sector, which accounts for 17% of the Autonomous Community's wealth, the region will prioritize projects involving the native breed and increase training courses. The cheese is consumed and exported widely, with the United States as the primary market.

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Manchego cheese has broken its own historical record. In 2021, "more cheese than ever" has been produced and it has been sold "at the highest price". In figures, 17.1 million kilos of Manchego cheese have been produced and the price of milk for farmers has risen 23 percent in 2021, compared to 2020, with an average of 1.5 euros/liter of milk at the end of the campaign, according to data from the Minister of Agriculture, Francisco Martínez Arroyo. The Manchego Cheese Protected Designation of Origin celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2022. A Strategic Plan for the Denomination of Origin will be launched, with actions that will influence the search for greater incorporation of Manchego sheep farmers, in order to guarantee generational change. To this end, the minister explained, in the next regional calls for aid for the incorporation of boys and girls and for plans to improve farms for young people, projects undertaken with this native breed of the region, which produces milk, will ...

Source: Agrodigital