As from 1 October 2016, FrieslandCampina will pay its member dairy farmers 10 euro cents per not produced kilo of milk for a period of six months. This measure comes on top of the recently announced European incentive for reducing the milk production. With this measure FrieslandCampina aims at a reduction of a total of 150…
The National Association of Danish Dairy Farmers (LDM) welcomes the fact that the EU has adopted a reduction scheme for milk production in the EU. Unfortunately, only a part of the total package has been earmarked for volume reduction.
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EU measures for voluntary production cuts in place
The president of the Canadian NFU has written to the EU's agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan: Jan Slomp encourages Hogan to adopt a Canadian-style supply management system in order to end the European dairy crisis.
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…
As we go deeper and deeper into the crisis, we can see that it is crucial to really do something about the oversupply of milk that is putting so much pressure on the prices. To those who say that such a policy signifies a lack of confidence in the post-quota EU dairy sector, I would make one simple point: it’s high time that…
Make sure you organise the voluntary restraint on supply properly! It’s the only way to stabilise the market
The measures adopted by the Agriculture Council are far from enough to overcome the crisis
Current cost calculations still show disastrous shortfall in cost coverage in milk production
