End of Milk Quotas, Strong Franc Are Bad Recipe for Swiss
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The end of milk quotas in Europe is making a discount Emmental from Germany a stronger foe to Swiss cheese.
The European Union this month scrapped restrictions on how much milk dairy farmers can produce as the 28-nation bloc seeks to liberalize agricultural markets. The three-decades-old quotas indirectly limited cheesemaking by capping the supply of the fatty food’s main raw material.