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October 2011
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550 farmers demonstrate in France
550 farmers came to Angers, Western France, on May 23rd, 2011 for a huge demonstration. This demonstration involved producers from all sectors and once more you could see the desperation of farmers in Europe and the anger that prevails in rural areas.
Please visit the website of the EMB member association APLI for more...
Milk price agreement in France
French milk producers obtained, compared to 2009, a milk price increase of 10% for 2010. This increase of the milk price that producers will obtain in the third quarter of 2010 amount to 3,1 cent/litre compared to previous year. This agreement was reached after the major unions in France put pressure on the industry so that the...
German and French Ministries for Agriculture were presented with a list of 10 minimum criteria
Paris / Berlin, 02.09.2010: The European Milk Board (EMB) has presented the Franco-German working group, initiated by the Ministries for Agriculture in Germany and in France, with a list of ten minimum criteria. This list defines the conditions which contracts between milk producers and the dairy industry, have to meet. EMB...
Paris: 2000 dairy farmers from France, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland
The dairy farmers of EMB have gathered the 1st of March at the International Agricultural Fair (SIA) in Paris to demonstrate for a new system of dairy market regulation. As „funeral march“ the farmers went through the halls of the fair, accompanied by the strong sound of the cowbells, and impressed a lot the present consumers...
Blocades of milk laboratories in France - 60 % of french milk volume cannot be delivered
Especially in the western part of France milk laboratories are actually blocked by a large number of dairy farmers. According to the french dairy farmers' association "Association des producteurs de lait indépendants (APLI)" about 60% of the french milk volume won't be delivered. With this action farmers want to...
