Press Release: Smith in move to support dairy farmers

At the meeting of EU council of Agriculture Ministers in Brussels on 7 September 2009, fifteen EU Member States, including Ireland, called for major improvements in support for hard pressed dairy farmers.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Smith calls for greater EU support for the dairy sector http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-smith-calls-for-greater-eu-support-for-the-dairy-sector/

Ireland: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Press Release, 5.10.09: Minister Smith attends special EU meeting on situation in the milk market http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2009/october/title,35554,en.html

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