German farmer Heusmann worried about milk prices

Jan Heusmann, a dairy farmer in the far north of Germany, is getting excellent results with his herd of 430 cows but like a lot of dairy farmers in Europe the low milk prices are worrying him. With European Union milk quotas now sealed to history Germany is leading the way as one of the largest dairy producing countries among the EU 28 Member States. Germany is home to the highest number of cows in Europe accounting for 18.2% of the total EU dairy cow population at around 4.3 million cows. Jan