EMB
On August 4, an extraordinary EMB meeting took place with participants from Belgium (MIG and FMB), Germany (AbL and BDM), France (OPL), Ireland (ICSMA), Lithuania (LOSP), Luxembourg (LDB), Netherlands (DDB and NMV) and Switzerland (Big-M).
The discussion showed that the current situation all across Europe is unbearable. It…
This Friday blockades were also carried out in Belgium for example in front of supermarkets of the chain Carrefour in Waterloo and in Bruges.
As reaction to the protests of the last days, agricultural organizations, the processing industry and the retail met on Friday and agreed to work together in order to find…
Only an overhaul of the system can stabilise the milk market – dubious solutions cannot improve anything and distract from the real problem
The desolate situation on the milk market is causing protests to flare up all over Europe. Politics cannot continue to conceal the problems, and an extraordinary agriculture council has been called in Brussels for September 7.
We should have learned our lesson by now, but we keep producing ever more milk, anticipating Russia and China to re-enter the market, whilst farm-gate milk prices drop and producers see themselves forced to give up their livelihoods.
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The report shows positive approaches, but also missed key opportunities
The current situation for Lithuanian milk producers is really dramatic at the moment. After offered only 10 cents per liter, producers have poured out 30 tons of milk on 1st of July. Lithuania is dominated by 5 milk processors, purchasing milk not only from local but also from neighbouring milk producers. Recently, the Ministry…
(Brussels, 01.07.2015) The costs of milk production in the Netherlands have been published for 2014. After 3.03 cents/kg subsidies have been deducted, the figure for the whole year was 42.24 cents per kilo of milk. By publishing the data, the EMB organisation Dutch Dairymen Board (DDB) together with the German BAL (Büro für…
(Brussels, 30/06/2015) On the occasion of the 7th meeting of the Milk Market Observatory, which was taking place in Brussels today, we – the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) and the European Milk Board (EMB) – jointly call for an immediate recognition of the current crisis and for the implementation of measures to…
