Could EU dairy quota removal favour some dairy production systems over others? The case of French dairy production systems

Salou, Thibault; Werf, Hayo M.G. van der; Levert, Fabrice; Forslund, Agneta; Hercule, J.; Mouël, Chantal Le

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2017.01.004

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“…productivity of existing animals and land within Irish dairy systems (O'Donnell et al, 2008;Kelly et al, 2012). The overall increase in farm income observed with increased milk production in this study is consistent with the increased productivity realized on Finnish and French dairy farms following quota abolition reported by Sipilainen et al (2014) and Salou et al (2017). Conversely, the decline in farm profit of those who undertook the least expansion (Q1 farms in this study; Tables 3 and 4) is stark but consistent with previous findings.…”

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Dairy expansion: a case study of spring-calving pasture-based dairy production systems in Ireland

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Since 1 April 2015, European dairy milk quotas have been removed resulting in the intensification of dairy production within EU countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physical and economic impacts of the initial intensification undertaken within Irish grazing dairy systems. Physical and financial data for 868 seasonal calving dairy farmers with records for each of the years 2013–2017 inclusive were used in this analysis. All analyses were undertaken using a mixed-model framework in PROC MIXED. The overall level of fat plus protein productivity of studied farms increased by 51% during the 5-year period through a combination of increased production per cow, increased operational scale and system intensification. Overall farm net profit was highly variable between years and was greatest in 2017 (€133 836) and least in 2016 (€65 176). When farms were characterized into milk production expansion quartiles, farms in Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 increased output by +7, +25, +44 and +86%, respectively. Whereas total farm profit (€/farm) declined for Q1 farms between 2013/2014 and 2016/2017 (€−5257; −7%), the greater expansion undertaken in Q2, Q3 and Q4 resulted in increases of €3046 (+4%), €20 810 (+25%) and €51 604 (+62%), respectively. In all strategies studied, farm profit increased due to a combination of increased revenues, increased pasture utilization and a dilution of per unit production costs. Further investigation of the longer term impacts of expansion is merited, not just in terms of economic indicators, but also in terms of environmental and socio-cultural change.

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Dairy expansion: a case study of spring-calving pasture-based dairy production systems in Ireland

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“…Recent pressures to compete in a global marketplace for commodity milk due to trade liberalization policies and skyrocketing dairy production in Brazil, India, and China have spurred deregulation and ‘hyper-productivism’ as dairy producers struggle to achieve efficiency (Dibden et al 2009). Deregulation occurred decades ago in NZ and the USA and more recently in the EU with the removal of milk production quotas in 2015, a move that is expected to make it difficult for smaller farms to compete (Salou et al 2017). Dairy supply chains are controlled by a few large processors Dairy Farmers of America in the US and Groupe Lactalis in France) who collect and pasteurise the milk and by supermarket chains (such as Walmart), which control a large majority of milk sales (Jay and Morad 2007).…”

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Dairy intensification: Drivers, impacts and alternatives

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Lorimer

2019

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Dairy production systems have rapidly intensified over the past several decades. Dairy farms in many world regions are larger and concentrated in fewer hands. Higher productivity can increase overall economic gains but also incurs site-specific social and environmental costs. In this paper, we review the drivers and impacts of dairy intensification. We identify in the literature four prominent concerns about dairy intensification: the environment, animal welfare, socioeconomic well-being, and human health. We then critically assess three frameworks—sustainable intensification, multifunctionality, and agroecology—which promise win–win solutions to these concerns. We call for research and policy approaches that can better account for synergies and trade-offs among the multiple dimensions of dairy impacts. Specifically, we suggest the need to (1) consider dairy system transitions within broader processes of social-environmental change and (2) investigate how certain framings and metrics may lead to uneven social-environmental outcomes. Such work can help visualize transformations towards more equitable, ethical, and sustainable food systems.

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“…The milk quota system has been removed since the 1st of April 2015. The development of more competitive and market-oriented dairy sector is expected by the European Commission after the milk quotas were removed (Salou et al, 2017). After abolition of milk quota system, the European milk producing countries started to be exposed to the milk prices of the world market (Buleca, Kováč and Šubová, 2019).…”

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Analysis of development of raw cow milk prices in the conditions of the Slovak Republic

Váryová

Poláková

Košovská

et al. 2019

Potr. S. J. F. Sci.

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The paper is focused on the evaluation of the price development of raw cow milk in the Slovak Republic. The aim of the paper is to analyse the development of average prices of the raw Q class cow´s milk in 2006 – 2018 and to forecast the trend of these prices by June 2019. Monthly data from the Market Report of Milk and Dairy Products issued by the Agricultural Information Department – ATIS, as part of the Agricultural Paying Agency, were the base of our information resource. These data were analyzed by using the statistical software called SAS. Box-Jenkins methodology was used to model the future trend of average purchase prices of the raw Q class cow´s milk, designed for modeling stationary and non-stationary time series and time series with seasonal components. During the period of 2006 – 2018 the Slovak dairy market showed significant changes in the prices of raw Q class cow´s milk. Three crisis periods of the dairy sector have been identified, during which the milk price has fallen below 0.30 € per kilogram. Long-term low prices of raw cow milk led to the liquidation of primary milk producers. In the next forecast period, by February 2019 a moderate increase in the average purchase price of raw Q class cow´s milk is expected, followed by a decrease by June 2019.

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Could EU dairy quota removal favour some dairy production systems over others? The case of French dairy production systems

Cited by 18 publications

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Dairy expansion: a case study of spring-calving pasture-based dairy production systems in Ireland

Dairy expansion: a case study of spring-calving pasture-based dairy production systems in Ireland

Dairy intensification: Drivers, impacts and alternatives

Analysis of development of raw cow milk prices in the conditions of the Slovak Republic

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