The European Union"s farm chief has promised ¤280 million ($420 million) to a special milk fund to ease the plight of dairy farmers facing the fallout of the financial crisis, according to AP. EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel says she has been forced «to empty my pockets» to meet the demands of 21 of 27 member states and the tens of thousands of farmers who have protested over the past few months. Outside of the EU farm ministers meeting in the center of Luxembourg early Monday, hundreds of farmers started converging for the third major demonstration in as many weeks. --SP
