Farmers Spray EU Council Building with Dairy Powder

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24 January 2017 10:20 WIB

European dairy farmers spray the EU Council building with milk powder to protest the crisis in their sector, in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Dairy farmers protesting low milk prices sprayed a tonne of milk powder onto a building used by EU leaders for summits in Brussels on Monday, saying a planned sale of milk powder stocks would depress prices in Europe and abroad. AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

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European dairy farmers spray the EU Council building with milk powder to protest the crisis in their sector, in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Dairy farmers from across the European Union have sprayed the EU's headquarters with milk powder to protest the crisis in their sector. Many farmers have been driven to the brink of bankruptcy as their sector has been hit with sagging prices and production costs squeezing profits. AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

24 Januari 2017 00:00 WIB

European dairy farmers spray the EU Council building with milk powder to protest the crisis in their sector, in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The sector has been hit with sagging prices and production costs squeezing profits to the extent that has driven many farmers to the brink of bankruptcy. The EU's executive Commission has approved some support measures over the past year, but the farmers fear that releasing more milk powder on the market would further complicate their plight. AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

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A milk producer waves a Dutch flag as farmers spray powdered milk to protest against dairy market overcapacity outside a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers in Brussels, Belgium, January 23, 2017. The EU did away with a complicated milk quota system two years ago, allowing for an increase in production at a time when sanctions against Russia also hit the sector. Russia imposed a ban on EU food imports in tit-for-tat retaliation after the 28-nation bloc set economic sanctions against Moscow for its annexation of the Krim peninsula in Ukraine in 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

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European dairy farmers spray the EU Council building with milk powder to protest the crisis in their sector, in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Hundreds of farmers protesting in front of the European Council's Justus Lipsius building, where EU governments regularly meet, said they feared that putting the milk powder back onto the market would depress prices in the EU and abroad. AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

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European dairy farmers spray the EU Council building with milk powder to protest the crisis in their sector, in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Protesters used farm machinery to cover the building and nearby police officers in a thick coat of the sticky, white powder. AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

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