date:Nov 23, 2012
r of active firms and the price range is very wide, he told Reuters. I'm not saying milk is cheap, but I think the price is very fair.
Skordas said milk was expensive because of farmers' high production costs, expensive packaging and the cost of transporting milk to remote islands and villages.
Moreover, fresh milk is sold in Greece with a shelf life of just five days, which means more trips to collect it from farms.
Dairy farmers oppose a long-standing proposal to extend the shelf life of mi