How have the Dutch milk producers reacted?
In very different ways. There are people who said one per cent more was not enough, but the majority of milk producers in the Netherlands realise that there’s already too much milk in the market. They say that the decision from Brussels is not a good sign from the politicians. A greater volume of milk in the market and better prices for the producer – every milk producer has come to realise that the two things are incompatible. At present we are having an independent institute conduct a representative survey among milk producers in the Netherlands on the question of market regulation after 2015. What in your view will be the impact on milk producers of the latest EU decision? It is a decision that totally ignores the market. World demand for dairy produce has dropped. In this scenario increasing the volume means turning a blind eye to the milk producers’ livelihood. In the Netherlands the DOC dairy already pays just 25 cents for milk containing 4.4% fat and 3.5% protein. The farmers ar
