Spain
Over 500 tractors and 1000 milk producers demonstrated on August 12 in Lalin, northern Spain, demanding solutions for the dairy sector and higher milk prices. Milk producers - following the example of their French colleagues - are asking their government to ensure a minimum price for milk collection. According to…
Furious dairy farmers demand end to destructive milk policy from EU Ministers of Agriculture.
It seems like milk prices in the EU have entered a never-ending downward spiral. It has resulted in prices below 25 cents/litre being reported from many countries. Asking whether it is possible for dairy farmers to even survive in this context is therefore very pertinent.
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Spain
Protests continue in Spain; our colleagues from Galicia (northern Spain) are no longer talking about a "crisis" but rather about a downright "drama". On August 10, milk producers in northern drew attention to the low milk prices through another action. With a convoy of over 500 tractors, the farmers drove from Aruza…
Europe is drowning in milk, and milk prices are driving us farmers to ruin
France
According to reports published by agra-europe on 6.08., in the run-up to the special Council meeting on 7 September French Minister of Agriculture Le Foll is pressing for concrete decisions on mitigating the current crisis situation. At present, is working on proposals for supporting the markets and is aiming at…
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
