(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…
EMB underlines the importance of social, ecological and economic sustainability in trade relations
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…
Invitation to press interviews and milk producer rally on 13 December 2018 in Brussels
Overview published with the latest figures from France, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
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…
September on Irish dairy farms would normally be a time when we would be enjoying the fruits of our Summer and preparing for the Autumn and Winter ahead. Bills incurred during the Spring would be paid and farmers would look with pride and reassurance on high rows of bales and full silage pits.
The long winter of 2017/18 meant…
I am greatly concerned to see how Europe is currently facing significant pressure – nationalistic forces internally and divisive motivations externally. I am convinced that there will only be losers if this very dangerous situation were to become even worse.
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(Brussels, 19.07.2018) Two years ago – on 18 July 2016 – European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan announced the EU volume reduction scheme for the dairy market. The measure was a great success and showed that even small reductions have a major effect on producer prices.
A study by A. Fink-Keßler and A. Trouvé examined…
(Brussels, 16.07.2018) The quarterly cost figures for Germany are now available and show that cost coverage in April 2018 was only 78%, while it was 88% in January. Production costs in April amounted to 42.70 cents; however, producers only received 33.42 cents per kilogram of milk. This problematic combination of falling milk…
