No milk no quota
Series: Farmers' Weekly ; 138(9) 28 February 2003, 21(1)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: Farmers who have stopped milking cows will be banned from holding quota and leasing it out following DEFRA's interpretation of the European Court of Justice's decision in favour of a German dairy farmer's leasing of quota from another farmer who died. Producers not producing against their quota in the 2003/04 milk year have until 31 March 2004 to sell their quota or resume production. If they do neither, their quota will be confiscated into a national reserve. Non-producing quota holders own about 10% of the UK's quota.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB3910-20 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 121611-1001 |
Farmers who have stopped milking cows will be banned from holding quota and leasing it out following DEFRA's interpretation of the European Court of Justice's decision in favour of a German dairy farmer's leasing of quota from another farmer who died. Producers not producing against their quota in the 2003/04 milk year have until 31 March 2004 to sell their quota or resume production. If they do neither, their quota will be confiscated into a national reserve. Non-producing quota holders own about 10% of the UK's quota.