The Ministry of Agriculture coordinates milk enterprises to deal with selling milk

Recently, a message was circulating on the Internet: On January 9th, in a breeding area in Xinxiang, Henan, dairy farmers used fresh milk to pour into the ground. Every day, a ton of milk was poured into the sewer. The message was distributed with a number of pictures. On one of the pictures, two men stood in a wheat field, holding containers in their hands and dumping the white liquid in the wheat fields. On the other picture, a man in rubber boots stood in the operation room and dumped the white liquid on the ground with a container. The cows stood on the side with a number of cows. The text on the top was: "The dairy farmers could not sell it. The fresh milk is discharged directly into the sewer."

With regard to the recent “selling milk” problem, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday that it will work hard to tackle the “difficulty of selling milk” and protect the interests of dairy farmers by coordinating the increase in purchases by dairy companies, monitoring the production of dairy products, increasing policy support and assistance. Stable dairy production. The Ministry of Agriculture stated that it will actively coordinate the increase of purchases by dairy companies. On January 8, the Ministry of Agriculture coordinated with the heads of dairy sources of key dairy companies such as Yili and Mengniu, and urged the enterprises to take forward the purchase of raw milk, stabilize the price of milk in small and medium sized ranches and farmers' communities, and protect the interests of dairy farmers.

Experts pointed out that the oversupply of milk sources and sluggish consumption are the direct causes of “turning milk and killing cattle”. The underlying reason is the imbalance between dairy farmers and dairy companies, highlighting the weak status of dairy farmers.

The relevant person of the Dairy Industry Management Office of the Ministry of Agriculture stated that in the future, due to the large amount of milk powder in stocks of dairy enterprises, the declining growth rate of dairy products consumption, and the expected increase in production and price reduction in the international market, the enthusiasm of the dairy enterprises to purchase raw milk is still low. Retired households will still face greater pressure.