State plans for milk marketing: Danger for producers and cooperatives

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"Learn in our article how planned government interventions in the dairy economy endanger the producers and the entire value chain. Experts warn of annual additional costs of 100 million euros and advocate the strengthening of cooperatives. Read the statements of leading agricultural politicians and the critical assessment of the study of the Kiel University of Applied Sciences."
"Learn in our article how planned government interventions in the dairy economy endanger the producers and the entire value chain. Experts warn of annual additional costs of 100 million euros and advocate the strengthening of cooperatives. Read the statements of leading agricultural politicians and the critical assessment of the study of the Kiel University of Applied Sciences." (Symbolbild/MB)

A storm in the milking cup! The planned measures of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture (BMEL) aim to reform the dairy industry comprehensively, but the experts agree: this would lead to a massive weakening of the milk producers! According to an explosive study by the University of Applied Sciences (FH) Kiel and the IFE Institute, which was published on Thursday (October 17, 2024), the industry has additional costs of a whopping 100 million euros per year!

These alarming numbers were presented in Berlin at a parliamentary breakfast on Friday (October 18, 2024), to which the German Raiffeisenverband (DRV) had invited. Important voices from politics and science come to a terrifying result: The implementation of Article 148 GMO - better known as the milk producer contracts - could have catastrophic consequences. Professor Dr. Holger Thiele from the FH Kiel and IFE Institut emphasizes: "The goals are the right ones, but the measures are the wrong ones!" An intervention by the state into the milk contracts? Absolutely counterproductive!

politicians warn of far -reaching consequences

DRV general manager Jörg Migende strikes alarming tones: "The entire value chain milk would be weakened instead of strengthened!" The milk producers would have expected massive financial losses, and that is not the must that! Here a U -turn must be made: "The plans have to go off the table!" And this is not just the cooperative - numerous politicians agree.

In a lively discussion, the national plan for implementing Article 148 received a clear cancellation. Albert Stegemann, agricultural policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, says specifically: "The goals may be meant well, but in practice they don't work at all!" Karlheinz Busen from the FDP parliamentary group also underlines: "We are fully behind the free market economy!"

The great picture of the dairy economy in Germany

But the numbers alone are not enough! Dr. Franziska Kersten from the SPD parliamentary group demands more information, especially for the manufacturing companies that bind to dairies for a long time or at short notice. She says: "We need more transparency!"

migende reminds us that the cooperative dairy industry is responsible for about two thirds of the milk produced in Germany. The cooperatives have a very own interest in strengthening their members and achieving the best milk prices. Your passionate call: "State -prescribed specifications are counterproductive! The goal is to strengthen the cooperatives, not their weakening!"

About the DRV

The DRV is the political voice of all cooperatives in the agricultural and nutritional economy. With 1,656 member companies and 114,000 employees, the association represents an enormous impact on the value chain of food and generates impressive 82.6 billion euros. Farmers, gardeners and winemakers are not just members - they are the shareholders of the cooperatives.

The DRV acts as a registered interest representative and adheres to the code of conduct of the German Bundestag. But what will he do to avert the threatening disasters for the dairy industry?