NEW CAP MUST GIVE DAIRY PRODUCERS ADEQUATE INCOME, EXPERTS AGREE
February 1st, 2017
THE FUTURE Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU) must ensure a fair price for primary producers, dairy experts told Dairy Industry International in initial comments following the European Commission’s launch of a 13-week public consultation on modernising and simplifying the CAP.
“The current CAP does not guarantee primary producers a fair share of the margins or a cost covering price,” said the milk producers’ lobby group the European Milk Board (EMB)’s vice president Sieta van Keimpema on February 10. “The European Commission ...
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