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| Cabinet Approves Price Hike for Raw Milk |
| UPDATE : 29 July 2008 |
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The Cabinet has given the green light for an increase of 4 baht in raw milk products in response to the request by dairy farmers nationwide.
Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Somsak Prissananantakul reveals that the Cabinet has approved a price increase for unpasteurized milk products, previously sold at 14 baht per a kilogram, to 18 baht per a kilogram.
Earlier, a group of about 1,000 dairy farmers from provinces nationwide staged a protest that closed Pitsanulok Road in front of the Government House. They asked for a price increase in raw milk products. Somsak says the price increase for raw milk products could possibly lead to an increase in the price of milk cartons, of 2 baht per carton.
The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry will inform the Commerce and the Interior ministries this week.
The Deputy Chairman of the Thailand Dairy Co-operatives Federation, Chalor Peeranarong earlier insisted that the government allow a price increase for non-pasteurized milk products, to fix the selling price at 18 baht following the resolution by the committee on dairy farm and milk product development on July 7th.
As revealed by Chalor, the dairy farmers had been suffering from losses as they pay for the manufacturing costs of 15-16 baht per a kilogram for milk product but the selling price of non-pasteurized dairy is 14.50 baht per kilogram. This led many to stop dairy farming.
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