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Tough, uncertain days ahead for dairy farmers
Dairy farmer Xing Lingqun should have been thrilled last week when one of his cows gave birth to a calf and began to produce milk. But he was not.
"No one wants our milk now. The more milk we produce, the more losses we suffer," said the 61-year-old dairy farmer, who raises 11 cows in nearby Xingjiazhuang village, where 80 percent of the residents are surnamed Xing. "We’re desperate."
Since the baby formula produced by the Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group was found tainted with melamine, an industrial chemical, about four weeks ago, the milking station in Xing’s village has stopped accepting any raw milk. Melamine-laced baby formula has caused the deaths of four infants and kidney stones in 53,000 others.
"No one wants our milk now. The more milk we produce, the more losses we suffer," said the 61-year-old dairy farmer, who raises 11 cows in nearby Xingjiazhuang village, where 80 percent of the residents are surnamed Xing. "We’re desperate."
Since the baby formula produced by the Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group was found tainted with melamine, an industrial chemical, about four weeks ago, the milking station in Xing’s village has stopped accepting any raw milk. Melamine-laced baby formula has caused the deaths of four infants and kidney stones in 53,000 others.
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