Three Cooperatives Join to Create New State-wide Association
SPAIN - Three dairy associations have amalgamated, pooling over 15 per cent of Spanish milk quota as part of national policy efforts to centralise producer bargaining power.
19 February 2013
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The new partnership brings together Lacteoscoop, Aprolact and Southern Cooperatives in a move that concentrates over 1 million tonnes of of the Spanish quota.
Designed to establish a common trading platform for dairy farmers and preserve the sector, the three associations bring together farmers from the autonomous authorities of Castile and Leon, Catalonia, Galicia, Andalusia, Extremadura and Catilla-La Mancha.
Bargaining power and production flexibility are hoped to develop from the amalgamation as the scheme targets optimal production planing of quality and quantity.
A spokesperson said: "This will impact further on better management of prodcution costs and to implement common strategies".
The Association is expected to become fully operational by April.
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