Milk production in Spain
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The breeders suffer from the overproduction of milk which plagues the courts.
REUTERS / Stephane Mahe
By: Diane Cambon
In Spain, milk producers are in dire straits.
The breeders sell the liter of milk to manufacturers below the cost of production.
Every year, farmers have to close their operations after filing for bankruptcy.
Protests are taking place across the country in front of the main distributors and the breeders threaten to throw away their milk and block the distribution if the selling price of the liter is not revised upwards.
Report in the region of León, in the north of the peninsula, where resistance is building up.
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