(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…
(Brussels, 15 July 2021) According to the quarterly figures published by the Farm Economics and Rural Studies Office (BAL) – current figures of April 2021 –, production costs amount to 45.75 c/kg, whereas the farm-gate milk price was only 34.02 c/kg in the same period. Producers in Germany thus lack 11.73 c/kg to cover their…
(Brussels, 5 July 2021) A succinct and highly-informative document has been made available to European milk producers today. The latest study entitled What is the cost of producing milk? presents the situation on EU dairy farms in the form of clear and reliable figures. In addition to the milk production costs in eight key…
European farmers awarded the Golden Faironika in honour of their important work
(Brussels, 30 June 2021) The deal on the CAP reform, which has been officially adopted by the Council of Agriculture Ministers on Monday, is an important step in the right direction, allowing for greater stability in different areas of the agricultural sector with its tool box of crisis instruments. However, it does not set…
