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…
Brussels, March 14th, 2011:
On March 15th, 2011, James Nicholson, Member of the European Parliament, will present his report on the European Commission’s milk package to the European Parliament Agricultural Committee. Both the European Coordination Via Campesina and the European Milk Board wish to point out most emphatically…
At the European Milk Board (EMB) conference that took place in Dublin from Feb 22 to Feb 24, a strong consensus was reached on the need for farmer representative groups to push through and reform the manner in which milk price is calculated and paid and on the absolute necessity to supervise and regulate the market on EU level.
…Dairy farmer representatives from 14 European countries aligned to the European Milk Board (EMB) will meet in Dublin Airport’s Carlton Hotel for the three days Feb 22 to Feb 24 inclusive to discuss and respond to the ‘Milk Package’ presented by Commissioner Ciolos last December. The Irish constituent of EMB, the Irish Creamery…
On February 10th, 2011 dairy farmers in Luxemburg held a press conference to present and to launch "D'fair mellech" (The Fair Milk).
Please find below the official press releases
On January 29th, 2011 the this year's BDM symposium took place in Berlin. One thing became clear: milk produers have already reached a lot at the national and at the European level.
You can find a detailed article in the German section of our website.
More democracy in agriculture
A new campaign was launched in Germany that focuses on issues such as a sustainable food production and agriculture, equality of industrialised and developing countries.
This campaign focuses particularly on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. It attaches great…
BRUSSELS, January 27, 2011 – The Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020(ARC) presented yesterday its vision to European Parliament at the Committee on Agriculture’s Hearing on the future of the CAP.
Speaking on behalf of the alliance, Professor Michael Dower offered a creative solution to the crucial problem of securing for…
The analysis of the latest proposals of the EU Commission concerning the milk sector is very critical. The European Council and the Parliament should work together to improve the proposals of the Commission considerably. Contracts and interbranch organisations are the wrong approach. The Commission’s view on the position of…
EMB comments on the „milk package“ of the European Commission Milk producers have to be strengthened and not vertically integrated
