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Dairy farmers build up a loss of 420 million euros in the preceding financial year

15/09/2010

September 15, 2010

In the past year, all dairy producers accumulate losses up from 423 million euros, more than 18,000 euros for exploitation. These figures result from the study carried out by the Coordinator of organizations of farmers and cattlemen (COAG) on the basis of data from the price of milk in origin in the period 2006-2010, collected in the Yearbook 2010 Agrario of this organization, and the reports of the European Commission and the Ministry of environment, Rural and marine on the structure of the media in our country exploitation.

The eloquence of the figures, the absence of effective measures and the attitude of industries and channels of distribution, the sector dairy of COAG, meeting in Madrid, he decided to raise the rest from agricultural and cooperative organizations begin a process of "strong protests" at the State level under the unity of action.

And it is that since January 2009 has not been a single month in which the contributions in the field to cover production costs (0.33 euros / liter, according to data of the MARM). In the past twelve months, the average price remained in 0.28 EUR/litre, for what an exploitation medium in Spain, of 35 cows according to data from the European Commission, and in which each animal produces 30 litres of milk a daythe monthly average losses have placed around 1,560 euros.