Europe asks farmers to reduce milk supply

Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland will be asked to reduce their milk production for the first time in order to solve the problem of oversupply and low milk prices. The request comes out of an emergency meeting of the Council of EU Agriculture Ministers in Brussels which announced measures yesterday (Monday) to try and halt the deepening of the agricultural crisis across Europe.Reducing the milk supply is a measure that Fair Price Farming NI has constantly called for in Northern Ireland, but a m