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07.06.2012
EMB Newsletter June online
Dear Dairy Farmers and Interested Parties,
There is growing concern amongst Irish dairy farmers regarding the direction of milk price in 2012. The majority of milk processors cut milk price by 3 cents per litre for April and are now strongly signalling further reductions in the coming months.
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EMB Newsletter May online
Dear Dairy Farmers and Interested Parties,
As I often hear to my satisfaction, time and again many of us in conversation with colleagues and friends recall the huge dairy farmers’ demonstration in Brussels in November 2012.
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Press release: European milk producers call for German government to change course
(Berchtesgaden, 12th April 2013) A major tractor convoy will close the three-day demonstration of milk producers and concerned citizens from all over Europe in the Southern German town of Berchtesgaden today. Around 750 milk producers of the European Milk Board (EMB), the association representing milk producer organisations in...
EMB Newsletter April online
Dear Dairy Farmers and Interested Parties,
The social and political context in which we live today confirms that the foundation of the European Milk Board (EMB) as an organization for milk producers and their interests was the only true response possible.
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Press release: European milk producers welcome the approval of voluntary production cuts
Brussels, 14th March 2013
Yesterday in the Strasbourg plenary session the members of the European Parliament voted on the reform of the EU's common organisation of agricultural markets. Despite the strong opposition of the dairy industry and some farmers' unions the introduction of voluntary production cuts prevailed. The...
EMB Newsletter March online
Dear Dairy Farmers and Interested Parties,
For decades, EU farmers have been complaining - and rightly so - about the cheap food policy of the EU, the growing power of the multiples retailers and the ongoing price-cost squeeze at farm level that inevitably results in the exit of more and more farmers from the sector.
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