Concern in the dairy industry. " We have so far managed to adapt to changes in consumption habits, but the future looks more difficult, " warns Jorge Boucas, the managing director of Sodiaal, the third largest dairy cooperative in Europe.
The sector is faced with an insoluble equation: consumption of dairy products has been falling since the start of the pandemic, while milk production on farms reached its annual peak in April. At Sodiaal, collection thus increased, during this period, from 85 million liters per week to 100 million liters.
Cows, driven in the meadows, are more productive. “ It is out of the question not to collect milk from our 20,000 producers , reassures Jorge Boucas. But it is not excluded that, throughout the dairy chain, some small processors are forced to throw milk, for lack of outlets, or of means to process it. "
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