Research for AGRI Committee – The EU Cattle Sector: Challenges and Opportunities – Milk and Meat

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European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, February 2017: Research for AGRI Committee - The EU Cattle Sector: Challenges and Opportunities - Milk and Meat http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/585911/IPOL_STU(2017)585911_EN.pdf

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, February 2017: Research for AGRI Committee - The EU Cattle Sector: Challenges and Opportunities - Milk and Meat. Annex http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/585911/IPOL_STU(2017)585911(ANN01)_EN.pdf

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