Butter: disease, chaos and records

April 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM , Der AUDITOR
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KEMPTEN/BRUSSELS. Times are quite tense for Europe’s dairy industry with concerns over the foot-and-mouth disease and the Blue Tongue Disease emerging. US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are adding chaos. Easter should boost market activity in Germany. EU exports got off to a record start in January.

Tension prevails

According to the South German Butter and Cheese Exchange in Kempten the situation in the dairy market is tense. Not only do Trump’s constant tariff announcements seem completely arbitrary and are creating a high degree of confusion among exporters doing business in the US but the possible spread of the foot-and-mouth disease as well as the Blue Tongue Disease are giving rise to concerns.

While no further cases of foot and mouth have emerged in Germany since detected in a buffalo herd in January, Hungary reported the first case on 7 Mar

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