The company Damm and the farmers have agreed to reach a more “consistent” agreement to prevent Agama from reducing by 40% the purchase of milk from farmers on the islands. An agreement has thus been reached to prevent farms from being forced to close

The Balearic livestock sector and Agama have reached a preliminary agreement on Tuesday following the commitment of the company, owned by the Damm Group, not to reduce milk purchases to Mallorcan farmers below current levels.

As reported by the organizations, the meeting took place on Tuesday with the aim of unblocking the situation that had been created a few weeks ago. Parallel to obtaining this principle of agreement, the two parties have pledged to continue working in the coming days to find a solution “more consistent” in the short term that is satisfactory for both parties.

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“The current scenario does not satisfy the livestock sector, which is in an extreme situation, but at least the farms are not forced to close”, the organizations have remarked.

On behalf of the livestock sector have been present, representing all organizations, the managing secretary of UPA-AIA Balears, Joana Mascaró, and the president of Asaja Balears, Joan Company.

The livestock sector as a whole, as the organizations have recalled, warned last September 22 that the decision taken by the company to cut by 40% the purchase of milk to the Mallorcan farms meant the “death of the dairy sector of Mallorca”.