Milk consumption in Argentina fell 15% in January, according to the Observatory of the Argentine Dairy Chain (OCLA) Experts warn about the problems that a lactose deficiency can generate in the body. The lower milk production in January was due to high temperatures, an issue that directly affects the animals (they produce less), and added to this were “the adverse price and cost relationships that increased due to the effect devaluation and inflationary” in the sector, OCLA says.