Milk Protest

Funniest picture I’ve seen all week!

A farmer sprayed milk on policemen during a protest against falling milk prices outside the E.U.’s headquarters in Brussels, where agricultural ministers discussed its policies at an emergency meeting.

Taken from the article: European Dairy Farmers Protest Fall in Milk Prices

BRUSSELS — After months of complaints by European dairy farmers angry over low prices, protesters in Brussels on Monday poured milk onto the streets, hurled eggs and other missiles, and started fires that filled the air with black smoke.

econcurious88

This photo is hilarious. But the context is anything but laughable…it's a dark time for European dairy farmers. Struggling to make it by, farmers are upset with continuously falling milk prices and blame the EU for their lack of regulation. Now, these farmers are not even making enough to cover production costs. And, yes, this spilling of milk is really a depressing waste. But they have to make the EU listen somehow.
There is an interesting summary video on all of this at newsy.com. The video looks at the dairy farmer controversy, citing multiple sources and sources. It's worth watching and commenting on if you have a few minutes:

http://www.newsy.com/videos/crying_over_spilled…
http://twitter.com/ghepetto Derek Tacconelli

Very true econcurious88! I was not making fun of the situation, I just found the picture HILARIOUS. I had no idea the range of an udder was that far.

Thanks for the informative post, very insightful!
econcurious88

This photo is hilarious. But the context is anything but laughable…it's a dark time for European dairy farmers. Struggling to make it by, farmers are upset with continuously falling milk prices and blame the EU for their lack of regulation. Now, these farmers are not even making enough to cover production costs. And, yes, this spilling of milk is really a depressing waste. But they have to make the EU listen somehow.
There is an interesting summary video on all of this at newsy.com. The video looks at the dairy farmer controversy, citing multiple sources and sources. It's worth watching and commenting on if you have a few minutes:

http://www.newsy.com/videos/crying_over_spilled…
http://twitter.com/ghepetto Derek Tacconelli

Very true econcurious88! I was not making fun of the situation, I just found the picture HILARIOUS. I had no idea the range of an udder was that far.

Thanks for the informative post, very insightful!