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Farmers address President Grybauskaitė over situation in dairy sector

February 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Organisations representing Lithuanian farmers have addressed President Dalia Grybauskaitė in a letter asking to take “urgent and decisive” actions to “save” Lithuania’s dairy sector. […]

Lithuanian cheese Liliputas included into EU’s list of protected products

January 27, 2015 ELTA EN 0

After member-states of the European Union have finally given their blessing to the Liliputas, a Lithuanian semi-hard cheese, the product will from now on be sold with a “protected geographical indication” logo. […]

Virginija Baltraitienė ir Algirdas Butkevičius

Lithuanian PM supports plans to regulate relations between farmers and dairy producers

January 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said he supports the plans of Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė to pass a temporary law that would regulate relations between dairy producers and processors. […]

Lithuania asks EU for EUR 32m support to its milk producers

November 10, 2014 BNS 0

Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė will on Monday remind Brussels of Lithuania’s request for approximately 110 million litas (EUR 32m) for the country’s dairy sector to compensate for losses sustained due to Russia’s sanctions. […]

Hong Kong market opens up for Lithuanian dairy products

September 12, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The authorities of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China have officially approved the certificate of importing Lithuanian dairy products, Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) said. […]

Lithuanian dairy sector more resilient to Russian embargo than previously thought

September 11, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Chief Analyst at DNB bank Indrė Genytė-Pikčienė says that meat exporters will face greater damage from the Russian food imports embargo, whereas dairy producers have accumulated considerable financial reserves to get through this difficult period. […]

Dairy industry agreed not to reduce milk buying-in prices drastically

August 22, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Government officials and representatives of dairy processing industry have agreed that, in August, milk produced in Lithuania will be bought-in and the price will not be reduced by more than 12 percent, i.e., by approximately LTL 0.10 (EUR 0.03) per litre. […]

Lithuanian dairy company says it will lose profits due to Russia’s embargo but won’t go under

August 14, 2014 ELTA EN 0

One of Lithuania’s major dairy producers Pieno Žvaigždės says that import restrictions to Russia do not pose a threat to the company’s existence, but they will have a negative impact on its profitability. […]

Cheaper dairies produced for Russia flood Lithuanian stores

August 14, 2014 ELTA 0

The first shipment of dairy products intended for the Russian market has reached stores in Lithuania. They are sold at a discount. […]

Food Union to reduce prices for dairy products in Latvia

August 13, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

In wake of Russia‘s embargo on dairy imports from Europe, Latvia‘s Food Union food group will reduced the price of its dairy products for the local market by up to 30%, with the aim of selling more of its products in Latvia and supporting Latvian farmers, writes LETA. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Dalia Grybauskaitė

Lithuanian president instructs prime minister to evaluate losses due to Russia’s food embargo

August 13, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius to assess potential losses due to Russia‘s latest sanctions and find the best way to absorb these losses. […]

Lithuanian dairy farmers complain about unilaterally terminated contracts and cut buying-in rates

August 13, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Representatives of the agricultural sector say they support the plans of the Government to carry out intervention buying and claim that the interests of farmers, suppliers of raw food, should be taken into consideration in the current situation. […]

What Latvian farmers should do with the spare milk?

August 11, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

Due to Russia‘s ban on import of food products, there is now overproduction of dairy products, while procurement prices for milk are falling and many Lithuanian dairy companies have terminated their contracts with Latvian dairy farms, therefore the state should provide support for not only specific companies, but also for dairy farms, experts told the business portal Nozare.lv. […]

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