Minister of Agriculture Tomislav Tolušić announced on Monday at a meeting with representatives of livestock and dairy producers’ associations that he will send a proposal for a law banning unfair trading practices into procedure by the end of the year and urgently convene the Dairy Council, which should discuss measures to assist livestock and dairy farming, it was announced by the Ministry.
At the meeting organized by the Croatian Chamber of Agriculture at the minister’s request, representatives of the associations presented the difficulties they face in their daily operations and requested urgent assistance.
Producers, among other things, are calling for the urgent adoption of a Law banning unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, the adoption of regulations on the quality of fresh milk, better protection from imported products, adaptation of the Rural Development Program for small producers, and faster and more efficient distribution of state agricultural land.
Tolušić announced that he will send a proposal for a Law banning unfair trading practices into procedure by the end of the year, which will certainly help agricultural producers. He also announced the convening of the Dairy Council as early as next week, where concrete proposals for saving milk production in Croatia will be articulated.
Dairy producers warned that their numbers are decreasing daily, with only about 7,000 remaining today, farms built within operational programs are empty and need to be filled. They say they have long reached European colleagues in milk production per cow, but they cannot produce milk at such low prices.
