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Press release: Belgian milk producers unite in the WAllonia FArmers Board (WAFAB)
(Brussels, 25.07.2014) At a press conference in Libramont, Belgium, today Belgian farmers announced the formation of the WAllonia FArmers Board (WAFAB). The aim of this move is to improve the Wallonian producers’ market position which, as throughout Europe, is chronically weak. “The producers are unable to defend their...
Press release: Swiss Milk Market Study proves: abolishing milk quota system produced far-reaching developments
(Brussels, 23.07.2014): “Five years after the quota system was abolished, producers still have no stable market conditions in the long run.” That is the conclusion of the study presented today in Brussels of the consequences of Switzerland abolishing the milk quota system in 2009. In the study the author, Dr. Therese Haller...
New film on the situation in Switzerland five years after quota abolition
The film illuminates the situation in Switzerland, 5 years after abolition of milk quotas with lots of background information:
Watch it here
Press release: Study on production costs in the Netherlands shows that situation is tense on the dairy market
(Brussels, 24th June 2014) In 2013, average milk production costs in the Netherlands amounted to 44,52 cent/kg. These are the results of a study ordered by the Dutch EMB member organisation DUTCH DAIRYMEN BOARD (DDB) from the German office BAL (Büro für Agrarsoziologie und Landwirtschaft). This study is based, among others, on...
Press release: EU Commission report on milk market shows need for further action – Member States' Agriculture Ministers still disagree
(Brussels, 18th June 2014) Last Friday, 13th June the European Commission published its new report on the situation of the milk market.
On one hand, it describes the overall positive development of supply and of the market as a whole. This applies to developments on the short and on the medium term for both the EU and...
