EU farm ministers urged to address ‘severe crisis’ in dairy sector

EUROPEAN agriculture ministers were urged yesterday to take further urgent action to address the severe market crisis in the dairy sector.

Padraig Walshe, president of COPA, the European farmers union, made the plea at an informal meeting of the EU Agricultural Council in Brno, Czech Republic.

He said the European dairy sector is experiencing an extraordinary market crisis. The only way to solve it is to fully use the market management instruments, which the commission has at its disposal.