England: Dairy farmers blockade Müller site over milk price freeze

About 80 farmers have joined the blockade of the Müller site in Shropshire on August 7, organised by Farmers For Action. The action was prompted by Müller’s announcement to hold its standard non-aligned liquid milk price for September at about 18p/litre (ca. 21 cents).
 
Article Farmers Weekly: Dairy farmers stage Muller protest over milk price freeze
Article The Herald Dairy farmers protest against Muller milk price hold
Article Shropshire Star: Farmers for Action stage protest at Muller in Market Drayton
 
 

Germany: dairy farmers’ protests

- Demonstration and intense discussion with State Secretary for Agriculture Bleser in Sullingen, Lower Saxony (August 3)
„Farmers are dying like flies!“ – Dairy farmers from German farmers’ organisation BDM blamed Mr Bleser personally for their desperate situation.
 
BDM Report and photos of the event
Article Top Agrar (in German)
 
 
- Farmers’ children dump milk in East Frisia (1st August)
A spontaneous tractor rally of 50 dairy families took place in Aurich, East Frisia. The farmers’ children dumped milk from their toy tankers. The farmers protested against the continuing disastrous milk price and claimed a quick solution through a European production cut-back.

BDM press release
Articles in the East Frisian press:
www.oz-online.de/-news/artikel/209713/Bauernprotest-mit-Milchstrasse-gegen-Preistief
www.on-online.de/-news/artikel/209590/Bauern-Ohne-Kuehe-kein-Ostfriesland