Traduction de «vache de haute production laitière » (Français → Anglais) :

23. Calls for special financial assistance for the dairy sector (dairy farmers and processors) which plays a key role in mountain areas (in particular highland and high mountain areas) given the lack of alternative production; calls for a 'soft landing' strategy to be adopted for mountain areas during the milk quota reform, and for accompanying measures (special payments) to reduce any negative impact, that leaves room for introducing adjustment processes, which preserves the basis for farming; calls for additional funds to be made available from the first pillar, in particular in the form of a dairy cow premium;

23. Calls for special financial assistance for the dairy sector (dairy farmers and processors) which plays a key role in mountain areas (in particular highland and high mountain areas) given the lack of alternative production; calls for a 'soft landing' strategy to be adopted for mountain areas during the milk quota reform, and for accompanying measures (special payments) to reduce any negative impact, that leaves room for introducing adjustment processes, which preserves the basis for farming; calls for additional funds to be made available from the first pillar, in particular in the form of a dairy cow premium;

From a herd of 30 unregistered cows with low milk yields, Steve and Jessica, along with their six-year-old son Luke, have worked to reach purebred herd status with milk production rising dramatically every year.

Milk production and cattle farming are the mainstay of the agricultural economy of the Azores, and support for the sector must take account of the crucial importance of these activities in both social and economic terms, especially for small farmers. To ensure the survival of traditional activity in this sector, the suckler cow premium and the aid for dairy cows should continue to be supplemented, within the limit of the available local quota. A supplement to the slaughter premium should be introduced and aid granted for the disposal of surplus male bovines for which no normal outlets can be found in the islands and which must be shipped ...[+++] to the rest of the Community at considerable additional cost, given the particular geographical situation of the region. To ensure that Community support can be mobilised effectively, an annual financial allocation must enable the sectors concerned to define and implement strategies tailored to the local context for economic development, spatial organisation of production and increasing the professionalism of producers.

Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac): My colleagues are making a pun about Reform cows, because the word in French for cull cow is vache de réforme, which means, as you know, Mr. Speaker, dairy cows who are no longer good producers.

Consequently all calculation are based on compensation per 100 kg non-marketed milk (b) The basis for calculating the potential income from milk deliveries was the gross margin from dairy farming, a method which on the income side covers sales of milk, calves born to dairy cows and the residual value of the dairy cow, and on the expenditure side covers deduction of variable costs.