Ever since it was founded under the umbrella of the European Milk Board, the Fair Milk brand, and its various national chapters, has championed a fair milk price for producers. Fair Milk has reduced farmers' anonymity, giving individual producers a face and creating a direct link to consumers who can support dairy farmers…
As citizens and producers, what do we want for the EU and how can we make it a reality?
Exploding costs endanger food production: EMB calls for immediate action!
MEG Milch Board and European Milk Board publish guidelines for dairy sector contracts in Germany
(Brussels, 19 April) According to the quarterly figures published by the Farm Economics and Rural Studies Office (BAL) – current figures of January 2022 –, production costs amount to 45.88 c/kg, whereas the farm-gate milk price was only 41.64 c/kg in the same period. Producers in Germany thus lack 4.24 c/kg to cover their costs.…
As the COVID pandemic wanes – for now –, dairy producers face new and familiar challenges, but they also work hard, both at the political and sectoral level, to pave the way for much needed improvements of their situation. Read more.
(Brussels, 21 March 2022) The events of the last weeks have shocked people around the world. In addition to the aggression by the Russian President against a sovereign country and its people, the war in Ukraine has also laid bare the risks that come with dependence in the energy and food sectors. Everyone is talking about a…
Study reveals the development in margins for EU milk producers over the last 30 years
(Brussels, 4 March 2022) The European Milk Board calls for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine. We strongly condemn the attack against the territorial sovereignty and people of Ukraine. Farmers stand with all those, in all countries, who are suffering from this war.
We urge dairies in the EU to stop their exports to Russia…
