Dairy farmers' strike spreads across EU - May 30th, 2008
Milk poured on to fields in protest at falling profits
The threat of an all-out strike in protest at low milk prices was spreading across Europe yesterday as disgruntled dairy farmers vented their frustration at falling profits and rising production costs by pouring their milk away. Hundreds of thousands of litres of raw milk were fed to calves or sprayed on fields as a German-led boycott of dairies was stepped up.
In the Netherlands around 60% of dairy farmers took part in a complete delivery boycott, with many pouring the milk on to their fields. In Austria the dairy union IG Milch urged its members to supply dairies with only half the quantity of milk the farmers had contracted to deliver.
Source: The Guardian, May 30th, 2008
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