Copa and Cogeca, the farming and agri-cooperative organisations in the EU, gave a warm welcome on Friday 14 October to the publication by the EU Sheep Reflections Forum of its conclusions on the future of the sector.
They say that it is important to improve EU sheep producers’ incomes which are very low.
With 70% of areas facing natural handicaps grazed by sheep, they play an important environmental role in the EU.
Chairman of the Copa and Cogeca sheep working party Charles Sercombe said:...