THE DANGER OF MILK PRICE WAITING FOR THE CONSUMER!

The milk producer, who has been overwhelmed by the ever-increasing costs in the last period, found the solution by sending his female animals to slaughter, as in the past years. While a large number of female animals have been sent to slaughter in Turkey recently, there are problems in milk supply as a result. 
There will be no milk under 30 liras 
Mehmet Varol, the President of Köykoop Denizli Regional Union, announced that the shortage in supply will be reflected on the shelves after the female animals are sent to slaughter, and that the milk crisis is at the door. Speaking to Selami Aydın from Sözcü Newspaper, Varol said, “The price of milk increased by 14 percent in 10 days. It has not been reflected on the market shelves yet, but there will be no milk under 30 liras until a month. 
The price of milk is determined on social media 
The National Dairy Council and the Presidential Food and Agricultural Product Markets Monitoring Committee cannot control milk prices. Milk has its own market. Production is not enough for demand. For this reason, the industrialist who sells products has determined the price of milk on social media.” 
“The price of milk was determined twice, but…” 
Stating that the chaos in milk also prevented price stability, Varol said, “The Ministry of Agriculture is aware of the situation, but despite their efforts, they could not get the price requested by the producer from the Ministry of Treasury. This caused the producer to slaughter his animals. Price stability in milk disappeared. The efforts of the producer associations were not enough, their warnings were not listened to in time. We said that if the milk is not raised, we will lose the cows, we could not make anyone listen. Regional producers held two meetings in Denizli in October and Burdur in November and determined prices. However, the market exceeded the determined price within a week. Now the market sets its own price.”
“Animals that seem to exist in the system no longer exist”
Stating that they do not have data on the number of slaughtered cows in Turkey, Varol said, “According to TUIK data, there is a 10 percent loss of milk, but this is not true. It must be multiplied by three. We don't know the cut numbers. Now data is retrieved based on declaration. Most of the animals that seem to exist in the stables have actually been slaughtered long ago. It seems to be in the system because the manufacturer did not notify. There is big trouble. The reason why the milk is in this situation is the Minister of Finance, Nurettin Nebati, who did not give a raise on time. Since there was no milk, the price of unprocessed cold milk in the market was 10 lira and 50 kuruş. Less goods will have many customers. “As demand is high, prices are going up,” he said. 
“The price of milk on the shelves reaches 30 liras”
Stating that Turkey had to import livestock, Varol continued: “The cost of butter produced in Turkey is 170 liras. For now, imported butter is on the shelves. This is not a sustainable situation. In order to solve the milk problem, importation of whole milk powder will be required. In this environment where the exchange rate is high, it will also be costly. There has been a 14% price increase in milk in the last 10 days. This has not yet been reflected or partially reflected on the shelves. Especially after January, there will be a serious price increase in milk and dairy products. Currently, there is no milk under 23 liras on the shelves. We will not be able to find milk under 30 liras in a month.” News Center