date:Aug 02, 2013
u're on a rollercoaster, IFCN's Managing Director Torsten Hemme said. I would say that the top 10 percent of EU dairy farmers are prepared, for others this volatility is an existential challenge.
Unease about liberalisation is perhaps strongest in France, where the government wants to use subsidies to favour livestock farming including in less profitable zones.
Northern EU states are torn, with Denmark and the Netherlands long geared up to exports through cooperative giants Arla and FrieslandC