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Milk prices in France continue to rise due to drought

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France
Published Aug 10, 2022

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Milk prices in France, which are already at a high level, will continue to rise even more due to the drought, BFMTV reports. As the channel notes, due to the historic drought in France, farmers and livestock breeders will no longer have enough grass to feed their cows. This will lead to negative consequences for all dairy products.

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Milk prices in France, which are already at a high level, will continue to rise even more due to the drought, BFMTV reports. Due to a historic drought in France, farmers and livestock breeders will no longer have enough grass to feed their cows, the channel notes. This will lead to negative consequences for all dairy products. "The increase in prices for dairy products, which has been maintained for several months, will continue," Benoit Rouille, economic director of the National Interprofessional Center for Dairy Economics (Cniel), is quoted by the channel. Due to inflation caused by the rapid economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, prices in France from June 2021 to June 2022 increased by 4.5% for yogurt, for semi-skimmed milk - also by 4.5%, Butter rose in price by 9.8%, and cheese - by 5.2%. Dairy price levels are not expected to fall in the coming weeks, Ruye added, as the situation worsened due to heat ...
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