Production costs of 60.29 cents per kilogram of organic milk and an average organic milk price of 47.40 cents: in other words, cost coverage of only 79 percent. These are the findings of the latest study on the cost of producing organic milk in Germany conducted by the Office for Rural Sociology and Agriculture (BAL, Büro für…
After an interim recovery in the early summer, the Global Dairy Trade Index dipped again this week by 1% (previously by -1.7% and -5.1%). The average price for Italian spot milk fell in August by 2.1% to 34.4 cents per kg as compared to the previous month (-23.2% as compared to August 2019).
The EU-27 milk price also fell in…
What does the future hold for European dairy farmers in the aftermath of COVID-19? We certainly knew that we would be dealing with a European dairy market that is completely different from that of reference year 2019. This crisis has shown yet again that implementing the EMB’s <link en special-content market-responsibility-programme.html _blank external-link-new-window external link in new>Market Responsibility Programme is the only way…
Their appeal to EU Agriculture Ministers: “Don’t forget the social aspects of sustainability!
Invitation to press breakfast and demonstration
Over the last few days and weeks, many have added their voices to the chorus of those who see a recovery on the milk market. If you were to listen to dairies and processors, you would think that everything is back on track. Farmers’ associations, retailers and a broad range of policy-makers are singing along to this hopeful…
(Brussels, 15/07/20) The latest results of the study on milk production costs in Germany show a clear shortfall of costs, with milk producers missing 30% to cover their cost of production. Current figures of April 2020 show that the cost of production amounts to 46.76 ct/kg, whereas the farm-gate milk price was only 32.68 ct/kg…
On 20 May, the European Commission published its ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy. For us farmers, this strategy represents a ‘last chance’ to rebalance the food supply chain – to preserve what’s left of the EU’s family farm system and wrest back control and direction of the EU’s food supply chain from the retail corporations who…
Farm to Fork Strategy must be further improved
