Invitation to European milk strike events in September

Dairy farmers have planned major actions to commemorate the 10 and 11 years of milk strikes.

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Heat waves and storms: How are they affecting Europe's dairy farmers?

Many European countries have been dealing with a drought for a few months now. According to the Copernicus service on monitoring climate change, July 2019 was the hottest month since 1880, when periodic measurements were introduced. Especially in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, heat records were smashed.…

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Newsletter July/August online!

A number of important events have taken place at European and international level over the last few weeks. The heads of state and government of the EU member states made decisions on filling important European jobs, and the European Parliament also found new representatives for its key positions. I wish them all the best for the…

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Non! to CETA & Oui! to a sustainable and fair trade policy

Farmers call on Members of Parliament to refuse ratifying CETA

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Only 78% of milk production costs covered in Germany

(Brussels, 16.07.2019) The quarterly cost figures for Germany show that only 78% of production costs were covered in April 2019. Cost of production amounted to 44.33 ct/kg in April; however, dairy farmers only received 34.56 ct/kg for their product. Producers thus lack 9.77 ct/kg to cover their costs. These figures come from the…

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Criticism of the Mercosur agreement continues unabated

EMB underlines the importance of social, ecological and economic sustainability in trade relations

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EMB 2018: Year in review

The year is coming to an end. We would like to take this opportunity to look back at our journey in 2018.

The year presented us dairy farmers with some challenges as the dairy market still lacks effective instruments. Together with our members – milk producers from 15 European countries – we have tackled many of them head-on…

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Baltic milk producers together with EMB call on heads of state and government to establish fair EU conditions

Invitation to press interviews and milk producer rally on 13 December 2018 in Brussels

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Milk cost study shows: There is a gap between production costs and producer prices

Overview published with the latest figures from France, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands

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Milk strike 2009 - Nine years and counting!

Milk strikes were and continue to be the only radical solution to obtain cost-covering milk prices (45 cents per litre). This was a way for us to show our solidarity in the face of technocrats, politicians, the dairy industry and cooperatives.

We saw it as an investment in a better future for milk production. The strike did not…

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