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Pics: Farmers coat EU Council buildings with milk powder in protest
Dairy farmers who are members of the European Milk Board (EMB) are protesting today in Brussels to demand a permanent...
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Commission looking at ways to incentivise farmers to cut milk production - Hogan
The European Commission is looking at how it could incentivise farmers to cut their milk production in order to combat...
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Another EU dairy package 'will not improve the critical situation facing farmers'
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has stressed that while a European dairy package could offer short-term support, it will not...
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Tankers spray 40,000L of milk over EU buildings in Luxembourg in protest
Protesting Belgian farmers sprayed some 40,000L of milk over the building beside where today’s Council of Agriculture Ministers convened today...
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We shouldn't look backwards at a quota regime - Minister Creed
Ireland shouldn’t look backwards at a quota regime and quotas were bad for the Irish agri-food sector and farmers, the...
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'The Commissioner is dealing with the dairy crisis on an ad hoc basis'
The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, is dealing with the ongoing dairy crisis on an ad hoc basis, according...
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German ministers urge Merkel to support dairy farmers
Six regional farming ministers of the German green party have written an open letter to Chancellor Merkel urging her to...
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Dairy farmers and the market should be the only things controlling milk supply
The dairy aid package, announced yesterday by the European Commission, should be welcomed by the industry and dairy farmers. It...
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EU dairy crisis package: insufficient, but a step in the right direction, say farming bodies
The EU dairy crisis support package announced yesterday has been labelled insufficient by farming organisations in Ireland. While the Minister...
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‘Coveney under pressure to agree Dairy Aid package’
Farming organisations are seeking to have the full details of the EU Dairy Aid package agreed and, subsequently, paid out...
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Commission adopts first elements of €500m package for farmers
The first elements of the special aid package for EU farmers worth €500m, announced by the European Commission in early...
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No immediate end in sight to the dairy crisis - UFU President
There is no immediate end in sight to the dairy crisis and it is a “real and deep financial crisis” for...
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Low dairy prices are a six - eight month problem - Coveney
Low prices are not the norm for dairy markets and the industry is only facing a six to eight month...
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Why did the dairy downturn happen? And why did no one predict it?
It is impossible to identify a single causative factor for the fall in world dairy prices, but instead the collapse...