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Pics: Farmers coat EU Council buildings with milk powder in protest

January 23, 2017

Dairy farmers who are members of the European Milk Board (EMB) are protesting today in Brussels to demand a permanent crisis instrument that…

Commission looking at ways to incentivise farmers to cut milk production – Hogan

July 7, 2016

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The European Commission is looking at how it could incentivise farmers to cut their milk production in order to combat the oversupply on…

Another EU dairy package ‘will not improve the critical situation facing farmers’

June 30, 2016

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The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has stressed that while a European dairy package could offer short-term support, it will not improve the critical…

Tankers spray 40,000L of milk over EU buildings in Luxembourg in protest

June 27, 2016

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Protesting Belgian farmers sprayed some 40,000L of milk over the building beside where today’s…

We shouldn’t look backwards at a quota regime – Minister Creed

June 21, 2016

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Ireland shouldn’t look backwards at a quota regime and quotas were bad for the Irish agri-food sector and farmers, the Minister for Agriculture,…

‘The Commissioner is dealing with the dairy crisis on an ad hoc basis’

May 31, 2016

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The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, is dealing with the ongoing dairy crisis on an ad hoc basis, according to Sinn Fein…

German ministers urge Merkel to support dairy farmers

May 28, 2016

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Six regional farming ministers of the German green party have written an open letter to Chancellor Merkel urging her to improve the lot…

Dairy farmers and the market should be the only things controlling milk supply

March 15, 2016

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The dairy aid package, announced yesterday by the European Commission, should be welcomed by the industry and dairy farmers. It may not be…

EU dairy crisis package: insufficient, but a step in the right direction, say farming bodies

March 15, 2016

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The EU dairy crisis support package announced yesterday has been labelled insufficient by farming organisations in Ireland. While the Minister for Agriculture, Simon…

‘Coveney under pressure to agree Dairy Aid package’

October 30, 2015

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Farming organisations are seeking to have the full details of the EU Dairy Aid package agreed and, subsequently, paid out to farmers as…

Commission adopts first elements of €500m package for farmers

October 5, 2015

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The first elements of the special aid package for EU farmers worth €500m, announced by the European Commission in early September, were adopted…

No immediate end in sight to the dairy crisis – UFU President

August 27, 2015

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There is no immediate end in sight to the dairy crisis and it is a “real and deep financial crisis” for all dairy farmers,…

Low dairy prices are a six – eight month problem – Coveney

August 21, 2015

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Low prices are not the norm for dairy markets and the industry is only facing a six to eight month problem, according to…

Why did the dairy downturn happen? And why did no one predict it?

August 20, 2015

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It is impossible to identify a single causative factor for the fall in world dairy prices, but instead the collapse in the market…

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