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Dairy farmers, off we go to Berlin!
Major demonstration of European dairy farmers on 3rd and 4th June 2013 in Berlin
We cannot accept that the German government is blocking every reasonable proposal in Brussels for a functioning milk market. In the context of the current negotiations on the common organisation of agricultural markets between the European...
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...
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...
Press release: Vote on EU Common organisation of agricultural markets disappoints European milk producers
Brussels, 24 January 2013
Yesterday the members of the European Parliament's Agricultural Committee voted on the report on the reform of the Common organisation of agricultural markets in the EU. The Committee voted in favour of proposals such as the introduction of a voluntary supply constraint mechanism or the setting up of...
German milk production costs well over 40 cents a kilo
A scientific study jointly presented by the MEG Milch Board and the EMB shows production costs in the dairy sector, to be updated quarterly.
Berlin, 17.1.2013
It had been long overdue: a reliable, ongoing calculation of production costs in the dairy sector. One that takes into account the working hours of the farm managers...
