At the conference on European dairy policy organised by the Confédération Paysanne and the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC), the ECVC, the EMB (European Milk Board) and FFE (Fairness for Farmers in Europe) issued the following statement:
- Farmers do not want to produce more for less.
- A healthy dairy economy…
Commissioner Dacian Ciolos is present when milk producers commemorate 157.000 closures of farms since 2009.
(Brussels, 27.11.2012) More than 3500 milk producers are demonstrating since yesterday with about 1000 tractors outside the European Parliament. Today they commemorated their more than 157.000 colleagues who had to…
NGOs from Belgium and many African farmers’ organisations, affected by milk export, mobilised in order to support the legitimate demands of dairy farmers in their milk strike. Defending fair and profitable prices was and still is a legitimate and justified demand.
By abolishing milk quotas, the European Union has decided to…
About 2500 dairy farmers of the European Milk Board, as well as of supporting organisations are protesting today and tomorrow at the European Parliament with about 1000 tractors .
The milk market is on fire. This is why milk producers from all over Europe came to Brussels to call attention to their unbearable situation and symbolically put out the fire on the milk markets. For a long time, milk prices have not been able to cover production costs and thousands of dairy farmers were already obliged to give…
The milk market is on fire. European milk producers are facing a dramatic situation. For too long milk prices do not cover the costs of production and thousands of milk producers had to give up already.
Dairy farmers from all over Europe demonstrate on 26 and 27 November 2012 in Brussels and organise spectacular actions to…
The Slovak dairy farmers have expressed their appreciation, support and solidarity in the demonstration on 26 and 27 November in Brussels.
Milk producers from all over Europe prepare for a big demonstration on 26th and 27th November 2012 in front of the European Parliament in Brussels. The aim of the demonstration is to call for effective regulations for the milk market to be taken in the framework of the CAP-reform, in order for milk producers to receive…
Croatia is set to join the EU very soon. This step represents opportunities as well as significant risks for Croatian milk producers. The European Milk Board’s dairy farmers and their fellow Croatian farmers discussed this during an international conference in Croatia and pointed up ways for a successful entry into the EU. It…
The Good Food March 2012 came to a successful conclusion with demonstrations and events in Brussels today. Real family farming with secure and stable cost-covering prices were among the protestors’ demands.
(Brussels, 19.9.2012) Hundreds of representatives of different social groups gathered in Brussels with dairy farmers from…
