Dairy farmers to get policy support

The Ministry of Agriculture said Sunday that it will help dairy farmers in North China who have resorted to throwing away milk and killing their cows due to lack of sales channels.

The ministry will encourage dairy firms to increase purchasing, start dairy production monitoring on a weekly basis, and also strengthen policy support for the dairy industry, it said.

The ministry said it had talked to major dairy firms including Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group and Mengniu Dairy Group, and urged them to purchase more milk, stabilize prices and safeguard the interest of dairy farmers.