The final figures published on Friday 7 April reveal that 48,288 European farmers reduced their total milk production by 860,907 tonnes through the EU’s €150 million scheme (see EUROPE 11747).
The scheme to reduce milk production was one of the flagship measures from the European Commission to address the milk crisis. The unused portion of the €150 million will be made available to the common agricultural policy (CAP) and used for market measures that might prove necessary.
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