The conference of German Minister of Agriculture is currently taking place in Jena, Germany. An important issue on the agenda is milk and the future dairy policy of the European Union.

Today the Bundesverband deutscher Milchviehhalter (BDM) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL) organised a demonstration to underline that it is important to strengthen the position of milk producers on the market. The proposal of some of the German Länder to raise the pooling limits proposed by the European Commission was, however, rejected.

Milk producers from Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands vented their anger. They talked to Mr. Reinholz, Minister of Agriculture from Thuringia and Under Secretary of State Mr. Kloos and pointed out to them that the pooling of milk producers and the possibility to gain influence on the produced milk volume are indispensable to achieve fair prices for producers and consumers.

The BDM will also be present in Jena tomorrow. Pictures and further details will be published soon.