Brazil: State hopes that the decree encouraging milk from Rio Grande do Sul will serve as an inspiration for the federal government

With the aim of valuing the production and consumption of Rio Grande do Sul milk, as well as improving the price for producers in Rio Grande do Sul, the state government signed a decree, this afternoon, encouraging the local product. According to the acting governor, Gabriel Souza, the dairy product industries will only receive tax incentives from the Rio Grande do Sul Executive if they do not import powdered milk from other countries. Given this, the expectation is that there will be an increase in the consumption of milk produced by farmers in Rio Grande do Sul and, with this greater demand, an increase in the price paid to the producer in Rio Grande do Sul. One of the purposes is to stop the import of powdered milk from Mercosur, especially from Argentina and Uruguay. In fact, this purchase of powdered milk from neighboring countries has been a cause for complaint for some time by agricultural entities and farmers in Rio Grande do Sul, as it enters the State at a lower price ...