China is once again trapped in milk

According to the nationwide monitoring system for agricultural and sideline products and agricultural prices, the national raw milk price has been rising for 13 consecutive months. Compared with August 1, the average price of plastic bagged milk rose by 9.3% on November 29. Products companies responded to the shortage of raw milk, labor and other costs, rising prices are the last resort.

Taken together, there are three main reasons for the shortage of milk sources in a few years.

First of all, this year's milk shortage lays a hidden danger two years ago. Due to the low purchase price of raw milk in previous years, many retailers gave up farming one after another; last year, they encountered another epidemic and the farmers killed a large number of cows; Last summer, the climate was abnormal, and cow milk production dropped significantly. The superposition of these factors has led to a substantial drop in raw milk production. The second is that New Zealand is prohibited from exporting milk powder. In 2012, the total domestic liquid milk production and domestic milk production required a total of approximately 43.6 million tons, and the raw milk supply gap reached 3.6 million tons, of which 85% came from New Zealand. The last auxiliary factor also aggravated the tension of raw milk. The national average price of beef had reached 59.64 yuan/kg before and after October, which was a year-on-year increase of 28.9%. By December, the wholesale price of beef had risen to 66 yuan/kg. The increase in the price of beef has, to some extent, increased the enthusiasm of farmers for slaughtering fat and selling cows as beef cattle.