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"Mr President, I welcome this review of the milk package and offer my thanks to Jim Nicholson for his work on it. However, the immediate crisis facing the dairy industry in Northern Ireland is one of continuously low farm gate prices. In April 2014, dairy farmers in my constituency were receiving 28p per litre. In May 2015, they were receiving 21p per litre – a 23% fall in prices. The EU average has fallen by around 19% in the same time.
Commissioner, you must confront the short-term reality facing the dairy industry. Farmers are constantly producing milk below the cost of production. If you do not take steps, the long-term outlook will include far fewer farmers and reduced production capacity. Yes, Commissioner, it is true that intervention has been opened, but I am disappointed to hear your negative view of reviewing intervention prices – prices that were set years ago with no relation to current..."@en1
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