Press release: There will be a catastrophe in the EU milk market unless new crisis instruments are applied

European milk producers demand that EU politicians act – gear milk production to market demand!

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Debate on TTIP “What's Cooking?" - Perspectives on Food & Farming

Today, there will be a debate on TTIP in the European Parliament: “What's Cooking?" Perspectives on Food & Farming.

With invited speakers from the food and farming sectors and civil society, and invited respondents from the European Commission, the conference promises to be an open and frank debate on TTIP and its...

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Press invitation: Dairy farmers warn of catastrophe for the EU milk market

Symbolic, evocative campaign of action outside the EU Commission

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Debate between Commissioner Phil Hogan and the Committee on Agriculture (3 December)

The new Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan will be holding discussions with the members of the Committee on Agriculture in Brussels on 3 December. The topics for discussion are the latest developments in the Agriculture Budget 2015, an update on EU measures with regard to the Russian ban on imports, and the ongoing work on...

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Press release: Plummeting milk price widens the gap between costs and prices

(Brussels, 01.12.2014) A study carried out by the BAL (German Office for Agriculture and Agricultural Sociology) has calculated the current figures on milk production costs. According to those figures, in July 2014 German production costs were 44.99 cents/kg milk, whereas the farm-gate price paid to producers had fallen to...

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