EU Milk Reduction Scheme - Applications Open
The Milk Production Reduction Scheme is now open for applications. The voluntary scheme will pay up to 12.23 pence per litre to reduce milk output in four reduction periods: 1 October to 31 December 2016 1 November 2016 to 31 January 2017 1 December 2016 to 28 February 2017 1 January to 31 March 2017 If you apply for the first reduction period, you can also apply for the fourth reduction period. Otherwise, you can only apply for a single reduction period. If the scheme is ov