REUTERS/Pascal RossignolThe European Union is facing futher pressure to take action to support farmers as prices collapse for a host of key agricultural commodities. German agriculture minister Julia Kloeckner has written to the EU Commission asking the EU to give financial support for warehousing costs to store milk powder to help the dairy market recover from current depressed prices. Germany’s exports of dairy products have also fallen, the Association of German Farmers said separately. It comes as farmer organisations here are becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of EU action. IFA National Dairy Chairman Tom Phelan told Minister Creed that the Aids to Private Storage were needed in the dairy sector to stabilise markets.

Source: Irish Independent April 15, 2020 08:03 UTC