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14.06.2011
Newsletter June
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Brussels: MEPs divided on the milk policy
France: heated atmosphere in Angers
Germany: farmers’ rally starts with impressive drive to Berlin
President Barack Obama calls for a restructuring of state subsidies
The Confédération Paysanne joins the APLI and OPL in France Milk Board
Man MIGHT Milk in the European Parliament in Brussels
Report on the CAP Reform adopted by the Committee on Agriculture
World Milk Day on 1 June in Austria
Milk Day in Germany: incentive to continue the struggle for diversified milk production
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Great Britain‘s dairy farmers enjoy the full support of their colleagues throughout Europe
Dairy farmers in Great Britain are manning blockades set up outside milk processing plants in protest against the current series of cuts in milk prices. The European Milk Board unreservedly supports these actions and the demands of the British dairy farmers.
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Dairy farmers demonstrate in Brussels: Milk overflow causing prices to plummet!
Overproduction on the European milk markets is leading to a dramatic fall in milk prices, and is likely to directly precipitate the next milk crisis. Hundreds of dairy farmers attached to the European Milk Board have come to Brussels today to demonstrate in front of the European Parliament building.
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EMB Newsletter July online
Dear Dairy Farmers and Interested Parties,
The crisis in the European milk market is back. That is the situation we are experiencing first hand and which is evident from a glance at neighbouring farms. How long the crisis will last and when prices will bottom out is anyone’s guess.
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EMB Newsletter June online
Dear Dairy Farmers and Interested Parties,
There is growing concern amongst Irish dairy farmers regarding the direction of milk price in 2012. The majority of milk processors cut milk price by 3 cents per litre for April and are now strongly signalling further reductions in the coming months.
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Swedish Milk Producers take to the streets
The Swedish member organisation of the EMB Sveriges Mjölkbönder organised a demonstration of milk producers in Stockholm on the occasion of the World Milk Day on 1 June 2012. Committed milk producers from Sweden and other European countries had come to Stockholm to support the fight against the difficult situation in the...
