APyMIL Warns of Crisis in Dairy SMEs and Calls for Urgent Dialogue
The Asociación de Pequeñas y Medianas Industrias Lácteas de Santa Fe (APyMIL) has issued a communiqué declaring a critical situation that threatens the continuity of many companies in the dairy sector. In this context, APyMIL calls for an urgent and constructive dialogue among all stakeholders in the dairy chain to find solutions to sustain activity and employment.
APyMIL highlights that small-scale industries have been striving to maintain raw material prices even when unsustainable, continuing to collect all produced milk under adverse circumstances. However, tensions have escalated due to the current scenario:
- An oversupply of raw milk approaching seasonal highs.
- Domestic market prices dropping between 5% and 10%.
- Export challenges due to declining exchange rate competitiveness.
- Rising costs in inputs, services, and logistics eroding profitability for small industries.
The association calls for a price structure adjustment within the chain, proposing a payment system based on usable solids (fat + protein) to reward raw material quality and ensure more equitable distribution of value.
APyMIL stresses three central commitments in its plea: defending primary producers through mechanisms that recognize quality value, sustaining industrial SMEs for their strategic regional production role, and initiating broad working groups to develop shared consensus for system stability.
