Brussels, 04/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - The results of a cost study published on Monday 3 March show that the average price paid to dairy farmers in Germany in October 2013, i.e. 41.92 cents/kg, does not cover production costs. For the same period, production costs amounted to 44.12 cents/kg, thus revealing a gap of more than 2 cents per kilogramme.
The study was carried out by the German Office for Agriculture and Agricultural Sociology BAL at the request of the European Milk Board (EMB)...