European dairy farmers brace for difficult 2022

Danish, German, French, Portuguese, and Irish milk producers have been telling the European Milk Board about their worries

LDM have calculated that the start-up capital in Denmark for a farm with 210 cows and 150 hectares of land is roughly €3.87 million. File photo: Andy Gibson.

Dairy farmers across Europe are bracing themselves for an expensive 2022, followed by a journey into the unknowns of the new CAP in 2023.

They say conditions are very challenging for farmers aiming to respond to rising milk prices, by increasing supply.