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23.03.2016

Farming to London March – „Support our farmers – buy British“

More than a 1000 farmers took to the streets in the Farming to London March – delivering a letter to 10 Downing Street urging the Government to do more to safeguard an industry that is struggling to survive.

Spearheaded by Farmers for Action the protest brought together British Farmers of all sizes and sectors with the aim of…

15.03.2016

Press release: Agriculture Council backs voluntary production cuts

 – but only an insufficient version of it –

It should be coordinated on a central level. Voluntary production cuts only at producer organisation and cooperative level CANNOT stabilise the milk market.

 

(Brussels, 15th March 2016) Yesterday in Brussels EU Ministers of Agriculture agreed on measures for the dairy market. On a…

14.03.2016

Press release: Instrument for volume reduction now!

The Council must promote the MRP at EU level

09.03.2016

Press invitation: An instrument to reduce milk volumes – now!

The Council of Ministers must take forward the MRP on EU level

08.03.2016

Bonuses for volume reduction figure in political discussions

Incentives for limiting volumes are now finally being discussed on a political level, too. In late February, French Minister of Agriculture Le Foll submitted a detailed model for reducing volumes through a voluntary restraint on supply, and elaborated three different options (including a binding reduction in volumes in the…

01.03.2016

CETA - the EU-Canada trade agreement is ready

EU and Canada agreed on a new approach on investment in trade agreement. The current ISDS system will be replaced with a new dispute settlement mechanism.

Critics, however, say, that the rectifications don’t go far enough and that there’s a severe risk for consumers and agriculture.

CETA legal text

24.02.2016

Press release: For solidarity, for social harmony in the EU!

EU agricultural policy cannot be used as a tool to pit European producers against each other any longer

27.01.2016

Press release: EMB attends audience in Vatican today

Pope Francis supports milk producers in their struggle for a fair and sustainable agricultural system

15.01.2016

Alarming milk market figures: milk price covers just 65% of production costs

Like their European counterparts, German producers are making heavy losses – the volume of milk must be cut back

14.01.2016

Press release: Phil Hogan – Is his position as EU Commissioner still tenable?

EU policy ruining family dairy farms in Europe and in developing countries