Spain: The industry lowers the price per liter of Andalusian goat milk by around 25 cents while 81 farms close

Published 2024년 3월 28일

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The Andalusian dairy goat sector is currently in a crisis due to a significant gap between increasing production costs and a recent drop in milk prices to about 25 cents per liter, leading to zero profitability for ranchers and the closure of 81 goat farms in the past year. This 3.2% decrease in milk production is primarily blamed on the dairy industry's decision to lower goat milk prices in new contracts, further stressed by external factors like drought and the war in Ukraine. COAG Andalusia is urging the dairy industry to value local goat milk quality and calling for government intervention to prevent prices from dipping below production costs, aiming to safeguard a sector vital to Andalusian rural communities.

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The Andalusian dairy goat sector is seriously threatened by the disproportion between high production costs and a new drop in the price of milk at source, around 25 cents per liter, imposed by the industry, which represents zero profitability and a grievance for ranchers. And the direct consequence is that, in the last year, a total of 81 goat farms in Andalusia have been forced to close and production has decreased by 3.2%. And the trend is that it is getting worse. Antonio Rodríguez, head of Livestock at COAG Andalusia, denounces that a part of the dairy industry is currently reducing the price per liter of goat milk by around 25 cents in the new contracts, compared to what was contracted. For COAG Andalucía "it is unacceptable that part of the dairy industry is imposing this reduction in the price at origin while livestock farmers suffer an unbearable increase in production costs, derived mainly from the drought and the war conflict in Ukraine." For this reason, Antonio ...

Source: Agroinformacion