01.06.2010
Press release: World Milk Day 2010 : No ray of hope for the dairy market
Milk producers across Europe using thousands of litres of milk to show consumers the milk market problems are still unsolved
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28.05.2010
Press release
On World Milk Day milk producers view announcement of HLG-M results at the end of June with extreme scepticism
25.05.2010
Dairy farmers in Europe and Latin America disappear but agribusinesses stand to make big
Press release from Via Campasina
La Via Campesina International with representatives from Europe and Latin America are meeting in Madrid from the 14th to 18th of May to affirm their united opposition to the trade agreements which threaten small and medium sized producers from both continents.
The EU is holding a summit in…
11.05.2010
France: articles of incorporation for the creation of the „Office du lait“
The EMB member APLI (Association of Independent Milk Producers) registered, on May 7th the articles of incorporation for the creation of the French national Milk Office „Office du lait“.
04.05.2010
Germany: Müller won't succeed in bringing milk producers to their knees
04-05-2010
In the case dairy Müller vs. BDM in Brandenburg, the decision was taken on April, 30. It was decided that in the future blockades are prohibited as well as compensation for damages has been supplied.
BDM will appeal in order to keep its right to demonstrate as well as not to pay damage to the firm.
Monday, the 3…
30.04.2010
Germany: first day of action during the conference of the Minister of Agriculture in Plön
Demonstration in Plön during the conference of Ministers of Agriculture (28/30 avril)
The Federal Minister of Agriculture and the Länder Ministers of Agriculture gathered in Plön on April 28-30 to speak about the future of the agricultural policy after 2013 in Germany.
For the occasion, the German farmer's unions BDM and…
29.04.2010
20.04.2010
Hundreds of liter of milk spilled in France
Around 150 milk producers responded to an APLI call and gathered in Nantes on April, 1st to demonstrate their discontent about the current milk market situation. They spilled hundreds of liters of milk in the city center.
It was a symbolic action to make clear that many dairy farmers lost their farms last year because of the…
20.04.2010
France- Women demonstration in Poitiers
400 women demonstrated on April 3rd in Poitiers. They demanded better prices (40cts for 1 milk liter) and the creation of a European Milk Office.
They pointed out the current difficult situation by wearing dark clothes to pay tribute to 800 dead producers who killed themselves last year.
Ségolène Royal, president of…
15.04.2010
Demonstration in Quimper- France
Quimper- France
200 milk producers have blocked the Chamber of Agriculture in Brittany on April 2nd 2010. This demonstration was conducted by APLI, Confederation paysanne and Coordination rurale because they were not invited to the general assembly of the Chamber. This assembly was important for farmers because it had to adopt…
