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These days, milk has a lot of bundle discounts.

That means there is a lot of milk supply.

Farmers have even been informed that they will only pay 100 won per liter for excess milk unless production is reduced.



Reporter Song In-ho covered it.



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milk stand is full of packaged products.



The normal price for a pack of 900 millimeters is 2,520 won, but they are sold in two pieces and sold for 20% or more.



As school milk supplies of about 460 tons per day were cut off due to school closure measures due to Corona 19, milk processors are selling the remaining milk at a discount or processing it into powdered milk or sterile milk.



[Large mart official: It is pushed out as a bundled product.

I don't think I have done this much before.]



As a result, dairy farmers are in a position to reduce milk production again after five years following 2015.



The milk processing company and the Dairy Promotion Association reported a reduction in production of around 10%, and for excess production, they would only give 100 won per liter, which is a tenth of the normal delivery price.



[Dairy Promotion Association official: We are talking about setting the price to 100 won (per liter) in the sense that we do not produce because there is no customer.]



Dairy farmers are blaming the oversupply caused by the aftermath of Corona 19 to the producers.



This is because cow selection is inevitable and income is reduced to reduce milk production.



[Cho Yong-seok / Farmer of Hope Ranch: It takes about 28 months to stock (milk) again and produce milk.

It means that you cannot increase the amount when necessary.]



Last year, the domestic milk self-sufficiency rate fell below 50% for two consecutive years, recording a record low, while dairy product imports recorded a record high due to the effects of the FTA.



From next year, there is a high possibility that soy milk will replace some of the milk meals of military soldiers, increasing the crisis in the dairy industry.



Japan is rapidly responding by providing free milk for school meals to medical welfare facilities, etc., to protect the dairy industry of its country, which is in crisis due to Corona 19.



(Video editing: Kim Joon-hee, CG: Gong Gong-su, VJ: Oh Se-gwan, Shin So-young)