Milk at reduced prices, 400 farmers at risk: we are moving towards it strike. This is what emerged from the last meeting held in Capaccio Paestum. A meeting between farmers and citizens to talk about the commercial speculation of some dairies which risks closing 400 farms in the provinces of Caserta, Salerno e Latinacanceling the supply contracts for buffalo milk for the production of PDO mozzarella or renewing existing ones at a reduced price of 1.55 euros per litreinsufficient to maintain investment and profitability levels in buffalo farms.
The alarm
«The buffalo milk production sector is experiencing a moment of serious crisis – he states Confagricoltura – Due to the reduction in demand for dairy products, a reserve of frozen buffalo milk has accumulated which amounts to approximately 31 million litres. This situation is increasingly being exploited to put pressure on farmers, pushing them to accept a reduction in the purchase price».
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