The situation of the dairy sector in Spain is beginning to cause concern. A few months ago, shortly before the summer, different voices were already warning of the possibility of a short-term shortage on the shelves. For the moment, this warning has not yet come to fruition, but the alarm signals are evident and uncertainty is growing every day, apart from the rise in prices, which are currently at an average of 16.9% in the last year for each litre of milk, according to the consultancy firm IRI. There is both a price problem and a production problem in a context of inflation which is reflected in the shopping basket for consumers.
The industry collected 609 tonnes of cow’s milk from producers in October last year. In September 2022 – the latest official data from the Ministry of Agriculture – it has barely reached 571. And there is less milk because there are fewer cows. In November, the dairy cattle census was 789,042 cows, down 3.4% on the same month last year and 0.2% on the previous month. It goes on and on. Not only that, the number of farmers with declared deliveries in September was 10,849, down 0.7% on the previous month and 6.9% lower than the same month in 2021.
From elmundo.es
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