But dairy cooperatives feel not concerned

Reconciliation operations of des reprise reprise recovery, many cooperatives in France lack of strength. Philippe Mangin, President of Coop's France, the weaknesses are patent in the areas of milk and wine, where companies are too dependent on the fluctuation of commodity prices. Many suffer from their lack of strategic vision and their inability to form alliances.

What is the State of health of French cooperatives

Overall, it is stronger than before. Acquisitions of businesses were quite numerous, even if it should be that there are more. Mergers have helped to strengthen cooperatives. But disparities in a sector of activity to another are enormous. The dairy cooperatives have been waning these last 20 years, while grain cooperative strengthened considerably. Dairy companies are, for many, too dependent on the development of standard products such as butter and powder. The last reform of the common agricultural policy has weakened them.

Why dairy cooperatives remained also dependent on the recovery of raw materials

They are very reluctant to make alliances and incapable of federating, create trademarks, to research and development, to buy the plants to create added value. Conversely, what are the permanent objectives of grain cooperatives. There are weaknesses in the dairy cooperatives in Mediterranean wine production. These companies are head-on crises because they have not been able to unite to market their production. They are far too many. At exportation, they are destroyed by competition from new world wines, concentrated on a few vines and a few major brands.

However, things are moving. They have finally become aware of the need to consolidate their offer to export, including. Wine and dairy cooperatives are at the foot of the wall. They have a duty to organize, otherwise it is death for a number of them.

What will be the consequences of the abolition of milk quotas for cooperatives

If the dairy cooperatives have not done their revolution before 2013, whole production pools will be deleted from the map. The gap of development between different opportunities of the dairy sector, through the cheese, yoghurt powder hollow a little more each year. It is also what makes it virtually impossible to an agreement on the price of milk. Some companies know that they will be in red regardless of the price decline in that they impose on producers.

Can be taken over by the co-operative Group Sodiaal Yoplait

The fate of Yoplait is a real problem, which is a very nice company. Some see an alliance with the private group Lactalis, others with the Sodiaal cooperative, which still owns 50. For Sodiaal buys 50 owned by PAI Yoplait, would succeed to establish a round table with cooperative dairy, Credit Agricole and Unigrains. But dairy cooperatives feel not concerned. And yet, they should inquire into the situation that would result in the redemption of Yoplait by Lactalis. Or, worse, the purchase of Yoplait and Lactalis D'Entremont. A solution to avoid that Yoplait escapes Sodiaal would make Credit Agricole for the Taittinger champagnes. That it finances the acquisition and the Portage until organized the round table with cooperatives. Credit Agricole has never repeated that it is a cooperative bank. It is not only incantatory comments. I understand them as a refocusing on its fundamentals.

Why lack of interest in co-operatives for the redemption of Yoplait

It is a lack of macroeconomic vision. There are no men need to take decisions. They see midi at the door of their region. Step beyond. When co-operatives are close, it is because they recognize in the leaders. The problem of milk, is that the West plays against the rest of the France. The West feels the only really productive region and the only one capable of surviving the disappearance of quotas by 2014. However Sodiaal has interests in 60 departments.

For a long time, cooperatives did not have another strategy to develop than that of the mass...

This is true. Many of them no longer the only collector of raw trade meet. Grain groups in particular have invested in the transformation and upgrading of products. Malteurop became leader of the malt by buying the American WMD activities. In the milling sector, cooperatives are more satisfied to flour in the bags. They manufacture of pastries. Nutrixo is a master bakery, racking round marks of co-operative credits. It is a group of agri-food industry leader today.