EU MINISTERS AVOID SLASHING DAIRY QUOTA LEVELS
June 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN dairy sector will be disappointed by the failure of the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers for agriculture (22-6) today not to restrict dairy quotas. Speaking after the meeting in Luxembourg, EU agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said this year EU dairy production had not exceeded existing quotas - but there had been an April production spike, which the Commission was investigating. "We're not taking decisions on the price of milk," said Fischer Boel. The meeting's chair, Czech Republic agriculture ...
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