At a time when the European Commission is trying to persuade member states to ease back on public intervention on powdered milk and not build up even more stocks next year, the European Milk Board (EMB) is calling for stronger crisis management tools.
“Stripped to the bone – higher butter prices do not end misery in the dairy sector”, complains the EMB, which held a “symbolic” demonstration outside the headquarters of the European Commission on 26 October: a statue of a skeletal...