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Newsletter October online!
“For the first time in my career as a milk producer, I can choose how I want to cope with a low milk price: I can choose to milk more and obtain a cash flow or I can choose to participate in the European Commission's programme, reduce my milk production and still get a little bit of money for my effort.” Read more
Dairy farmers' rallies in Germany & France
Germany: 4 and 10 October: Days of action at dairies & retail outlets On 4 October BDM (Association of German Dairy Farmers) dairy farmers visited some 30 dairy locations to hand in a resolution. The dairy farmers’ principal demand to the dairies is this: the dairies should pass on all extra revenue they can...
Crisis? What crisis?
When you read and listen to some of the statements released in the last few days, you get the impression that the dairy crisis is over. Markets are more stable, demand for butter is rising and it is becoming more expensive behind the scenes on retail markets, milk has high value on spot markets at 37 cents in the Netherlands,...
Don’t let neoliberal ideology undermine farmers’ existence
Interview with Jan Slomp, President of the Canadian National Farmers’ Union
West African producers in dialogue with EU policymakers
During their visit to Brussels, Burkinabe milk producers appealed to the EU to use crisis instruments to bring milk overproduction under control
98.9% of EU milk volume reduction already claimed
Clear sign from European milk producers in favour of production cuts
Friesland Campina: 10 euro cents on top of the European milk reduction of 14 euro cents
As from 1 October 2016, FrieslandCampina will pay its member dairy farmers 10 euro cents per not produced kilo of milk for a period of six months. This measure comes on top of the recently announced European incentive for reducing the milk production. With this measure FrieslandCampina aims at a reduction of a total of 150...
