Citing an intent to create market diversity, the ministry recently issued new criteria for the school-milk scheme, which now welcomes anyone to supply 1,300 tonnes of milk per day for schools. The Milk Board has also joined dairy cooperatives to object to the new approach. They said local dairy farmers were also allowed to export their produce to other Asean countries. Hence, this is adversely affecting the 30,000 dairy farmers, who now end up with 110 tonnes of surplus milk daily, which they cannot sell and are forced to dump it. In a move to protest against this “unprecedented sabotage of dairy farmers’ stability”, the group said it will organise a milk-dumping event to raise awareness of their plight.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 22, 2019 18:00 UTC