One year after the tractor protests throughout France, dairy farmers this time targeting the global market leader, Lactalis. They accuse him of buying a liter of milk per liter cheaper than other milk dairies such as Danone and Dairy Maîtres du Cotentin.
anger erupts again among dairy farmers. A year after blocked roads, they go back to war against the price of milk, which they consider too low. They are attacking the moment at Lactalis. The global giant milk, known for its brands like Camembert or butter or Lactel President, is also first collector of milk in France with 20% of the volumes produced in France.
The farmers accuse him to buy cheaper per liter of milk than other dairies such as Danone and Dairy Maîtres du Cotentin. They fear that they do not are gearing him. In August, Lactalis buys milk from farmers about 25 cents per liter, against Danone 27 or 30, for example, the cooperative Dairy Maîtres du Cotentin.
The producers also point to the lack of transparency of Lactalis, which does not publish its accounts. Above all, they still fail to adapt to the disappearance of European milk quotas for a year and a half. (…)
Read the full interview in this Le Figaro to be published Saturday, August 6, and on the web, mobile and tablet for Figaro Premium subscribers
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