As part of the agreement signed between farmers and government representatives to establish the price of cheese, the parties also agreed to stop milk exports, as requested by the industrial sector. Likewise, they appointed a commission in charge of monitoring the prices of cheese and milk on a daily basis.
The price of cheese at the producer level will be governed by a band that will oscillate between 2.8 and 3 dollars per kilogram. The agreement was sealed on the afternoon of Monday, May 29, reported the director of the Apure State Cattlemen’s Association (Agapure), Chara Melgarejo
As an alternative measure, the national government and the producers undertook to carry out open-air markets in different communities of the country. In addition, the reactivation of the paralyzed milk plants in Venezuela to expand the dairy supply, is explained in the note.
The meeting was attended by Armando Chacín, president of the National Federation of Cattlemen; Chara Melgarejo, president of the Apure Cattlemen’s Association; Luis Eduardo Pérez Stüve, president of the Venezuelan Meat Consortium, and members of the producer associations of the state of Táchira. There was also representation of cheese traders and transporters, the well-known “caveros”.
On behalf of the Government, the Vice Ministers of Agriculture, Food, Industry and Production and the technical staff of those ministries attended. Chara Melgarejo, who in turn acts as director of the Executive Committee of Fedenaga, presented the production costs of the cheese and milk on behalf of primary producers. “We cannot allow the price of milk to drop so drastically,” he said.
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