2021 has been another year where the farmers of the European Milk Board actively and creatively engaged in agricultural policy. Through actions, political demands and legislative recommendations, and also thanks to Fair Milk, you sent out important signals.
(Brussels, 7 December 2021) A real, actual Deal with farmers for a fair agri-food and climate policy: This is a burning topic which affects farmers from across Europe and which they will be drawing attention to during a major demonstration in Brussels. Due to the current worsening COVID-19 pandemic situation, the demonstration…
Income of farm managers and family workers is only 34 percent of applicable collective agreements
(Brussels, 18 November 2021) Representatives from twelve European countries gathered this week at the European Milk Board’s (EMB) General Assembly in the Belgian town of Leuven to jointly discuss key solutions for the dairy sector. This is because the mistakes made in the EU agricultural sector with all their problematical…
Autumn has arrived and I hope you were all able to finish (most of) your harvest. I also hope your yields have met your expectations in spite of the many weather events that have marked this year: late frost, a cold-humid summer with extreme floods on one side of Europe, and prolonged heatwaves, droughts and wild fires on the…
After the first edition last June, we would like to dedicate our entire October newsletter to Fair Milk again. I believe it is crucial that the EMB and the Fair Milk projects work in unison. Thanks to the cost study, the EMB provides all Fair Milk projects with a strong basis for calculating fair prices. Read more.
(Brussels, 15 October 2021) According to the quarterly figures published by the Farm Economics and Rural Studies Office (BAL) – current figures of July 2021 –, production costs amount to 45.30 c/kg, whereas the farm-gate milk price was only 35.79 c/kg in the same period. Producers in Germany thus lack 9.51 c/kg to cover their…
First of all, I would like us to take a moment to think about the losses of lives and serious damages caused by severe weather in Central Europe in July. Belgium and Germany were hardest hit, but France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and regions in other countries were also affected. I would like to present my sincere condolences…
This July, we witnessed an extraordinary, decisive moment in European agricultural policy. The European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of the European Union reached a compromise on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This is still to be officially adopted by the Member States who will then be…
