Brussels, 31/08/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 27 August, the EU agricultural markets committee approved a proposal that will allow farmers to request private storage aid for butter and skimmed milk powder until the end of February 2016.
European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan had already announced this move in July in view of the difficult situation facing EU milk and dairy producers largely as a result of the ban by Russia on imports of agrifood products from the EU.
At the same...