On the occasion of the World Milk Day on June 1st several acitivites and events were organised in Austria to highlight the importance of high-quality milk and fair prices.
You can find more information in the German News section.
Bull’s eye! Opening of exhibition in Brussels coincides with decisions of the agricultural committee on the reform of the agricultural policy
- EU agricultural policy, men, milk, cows, environment and development -
Brussels, May 27th, 2011: The photo exhibition “Man MIGHT Milk – The European agricultural policy and family…
After the huge demonstration for a new agricultural policy on January 22nd, 2011 in Berlin, farmers from all over Germany will now be going by tractor to Berlin where they will be protesting for a small-scale, fair, animal-friendly and ecological agriculture in front of the German chancellery on June 9th, 2011. This rally is…
550 farmers came to Angers, Western France, on May 23rd, 2011 for a huge demonstration. This demonstration involved producers from all sectors and once more you could see the desperation of farmers in Europe and the anger that prevails in rural areas.
Please visit the website of the EMB member association APLI for more…
Brussels, May 19th, 2011
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The photo exhibition “Man MIGHT Milk - The European agricultural policy and family farming in the North and the South. Effects and prospects” shows the work of dairy farmers…
Delegations of milk producers came to Place Luxembourg with 14 Faironikas, the life-size cows in the national colours of the members of the European Milk Board (EMB), explaining why it was necessary to enable the milk producers to pool sufficiently in independent producer organisations and set up a monitoring agency to keep an…
“Fiery” action and press conference of milk producers on May 4th, 2011
The conference of German Minister of Agriculture is currently taking place in Jena, Germany. An important issue on the agenda is milk and the future dairy policy of the European Union.
Today the Bundesverband deutscher Milchviehhalter (BDM) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL) organised a demonstration…
Brussels, March 14th, 2011:
On March 15th, 2011, James Nicholson, Member of the European Parliament, will present his report on the European Commission’s milk package to the European Parliament Agricultural Committee. Both the European Coordination Via Campesina and the European Milk Board wish to point out most emphatically…
At the European Milk Board (EMB) conference that took place in Dublin from Feb 22 to Feb 24, a strong consensus was reached on the need for farmer representative groups to push through and reform the manner in which milk price is calculated and paid and on the absolute necessity to supervise and regulate the market on EU level.
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