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05.08.2015

Update: Protests in Europe (05.08)

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…

01.08.2015

Update: Protests in Europe

Belgium

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…

31.07.2015

Joint statement of German and French farmers

Solidarity of farmers in France and Germany

30.07.2015

Press release: Protests all over Europe show desperate situation of dairy farmers

Only an overhaul of the system can stabilise the milk market – dubious solutions cannot improve anything and distract from the real problem

 

29.07.2015

What is currently happening in Europe?

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.

08.07.2015

Newsletter July online

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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07.07.2015

Press release: Vote on the EU Milk Report: compromise for dairy farmers

The report shows positive approaches, but also missed key opportunities

 

 

 

 

03.07.2015

Protests in Lithuania after 10 cents per liter

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…

01.07.2015

Netherlands: latest data show disastrous situation in the milk market

(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…

30.06.2015

Press release: European dairy farmers call for immediate recognition of current crisis and for implementation of public regulation tools for the dairy market

(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…