
BEIJING, Jan. 8 -- Farmers have been pouring milk into sewers after failing to sell it, while the Chinese authorities on Thursday agreed to help farmers through the hard times.
All efforts should be made to purchase milk from farmers to avoid milk being destroyed or cows being sold, said a statement on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Local governments are encouraged to issue subsidies to farmers and help reduce their losses, it said.
The ministry has sent task forces to key diary bases, including Hebei, Shandong and Shanxi, to tackle the problem it said.
Chinese consumers are turning to overseas milk products, especially after the scandal of melamine-tainted baby formula produced by China's Sanlu Group in 2008.
PLA soldiers operating vehicle-mounted guns in drill
Beauties dancing on the rings
Blind carpenter in E China's Jiangxi
Top 10 highest-paid sports teams in the world
In photos: China's WZ-10 armed helicopters
UFO spotted in several places in China
Certificates of land title of Qing Dynasty and Republic of China
Cute young Taoist priest in Beijing
New film brings Doraemon's life story to China in 3D
China-S.Korea FTA sets positive precedent
Ferry carrying 458 people sinks in Yangtze River
Mecca of Marxism
Bring them homeDay|Week