France to stay within milk quota despite 2% leeway
She was commenting on the French agriculture minister’s announcement that milk producers can exceed their 2011/2012 milk quota by up to 2%, without penalty.
She said the French dairy industry is structured to stay within quota (the undershoot was 5% last year), and the minister’s announcement would have been preceded by careful assessment which concluded there is at least 2% leeway without danger of a national superlevy. It followed an announcement last October that French producers up to 170,000 litres (or 37,362 gallons) could exceed their quota by up to 10,000 litres.
