Brussels, 18/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Milk Board (EMB) said in a press release on Friday 15 April that the prices paid to milk producers in Germany at the start of 2016 covered only 64% on production costs. In January 2016, while production costs were 44.94 cents per litre, the farm-gate price was just 28.66 cents, said the EMB. The figures were calculated by BAL (Büro für Agrarsoziologie und Landwirtschaft, Office for Agriculture and Agricultural Sociology).
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