Lactalis. What future for milk producers in Maine-et-Loire whose contract has been terminated?

Two weeks after the official announcement, we see a little more clearly the impact in Maine-et-Loire of the Lactalis group’s decision to reduce its milk collection volumes by 9% by 2030. In the department, there are at least 37 farms to which the Mayenne dairy giant has already announced in recent days the termination of their contract, as specified by the newspaper L’Anjou Agricole in its latest issue.

Gathered around Lactalis on October 3

37? The figure corresponds to farms which are members of the Sèvres-et-Loire producers’ organization and of which it has, in fact, automatically become aware like 23 others in Vendée, 18 in Loire-Atlantique and 15 in Deux-Sèvres. That is a total of 93 farms out of 124 targeted in this area which corresponds to the south of Pays de la Loire. Engaged in individual contracts with Lactalis, around thirty other farms located in this territory are also concerned. Some of them are also found in the…