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Nach der Milchquote: Erfahrungen aus der Schweiz
Author(s) -
Mann Stefan,
Gairing Miriam
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
eurochoices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1746-692X
pISSN - 1478-0917
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-692x.2010.00160.x
Subject(s) - agricultural science , business , schedule , government (linguistics) , milk production , agricultural economics , economics , management , zoology , linguistics , philosophy , environmental science , biology
summary Post Milk Quota Experiences in Switzerland Switzerland can be considered a test bed for the EU’s withdrawal from the milk quota scheme. The Swiss government enacted an exit phase between 2006 and 2009 in which Producer Organisations and Producer Milk‐processing Organisations were able to apply for additional production licences. As a consequence, produced output rose and prices fell, particularly in 2008/2009. Since 2009, every milk producer needs to have a contract with a milk buyer. In many cases, the buyer still distinguishes between milk within the former quota boundaries and surplus milk, paying two different prices. Around 50 per cent of milk buyers interviewed in a survey state that their contracts do not determine a fixed price, while the remainder schedule slots with fixed prices of three to twelve months. Most milk buyers manage to maintain a high level of stability in terms of their suppliers: they are neither withdrawing lightly from their existing contracts nor trying to attract large numbers of new suppliers at low prices. The widespread distinction between prices and the commitment of buyers to their former suppliers under the quota regime reveals that the protagonists in the milk market are continuing to think in terms of quotas.