Calls for EU support for dairy reduction

A candid photograph of a female dairy farmer rounding up stray cattle and directing them towards the milking shed on an overcast day

The number of EU dairy farms going out of business will break a new record, warn three major farming organisations in an open letter to the European Commission.

The letter calls on the EU to put a crisis prevention instrument for the dairy sector in place, along the lines of the voluntary milk production reduction scheme, which the European Milk Board, one of the organisations to sign the letter,