The Corona crisis has led to many new developments in the past week. Please read on for the latest information on the situation in the dairy sector:
Video conference of EU Agriculture Ministers (25/03/2020)
On 25/03/2020, the EU Agriculture Ministers met via video conference. A range of proposals were discussed, including…
The EU must have a crisis instrument ready NOW to reduce the resulting fallout
The exchange of information regarding the corona crisis is currently very important for all areas of life and work. The European Milk Board sends this newsletter with information on the developments in the different countries. We would like to thank all colleagues on their farms throughout Europe for their support for this…
Together with my fellow Executive Committee members from Belgium, France and the Nether-lands, I recently participated in an interesting meeting with EU Agriculture Commissioner Wojciechowski. Our first impression is promising.
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Baltic farmers call on the EU to implement uniform direct payments for all. The European Milk Board also calls on all EU Institutions to support the inclusion of an effective crisis instrument in the CAP.
Invitation to milk producer rally on 20 February 2020 in Brussels
At their press conference at the International Green Week in Berlin, the EMB Executive Committee presented solutions for environmentally just and socio-economically sustainable milk production in the EU. The fact of the matter is that dairy farmers must rise to an ever-increasing number of demands, while they receive no economic…
(Berlin, 16/01/2020) The fact that the reality of being a farmer has been very difficult for a number of years now is no secret. For example, there is a systematic shortfall between milk production costs and producer prices. Over a five-year periodtypo3/#_ftn1, the cost shortfall for German producers has been 20 percent, which implies that…
(Brussels, 15.01.2020) The current calculation of German milk production costs shows that in October 2019 only 78% of these costs were covered. According to the quarterly figures published by the Farm Economics and Rural Studies Office (BAL), production costs amounted to 43.71 ct/kg in October 2019, whereas the farm-gate milk…
