Dairy farmers in the European Union are to receive 280m euros (£255m) in aid, says the EU's farm commissioner.
The decision follows weeks of protests by thousands of farmers over the low price of milk, including the spraying of milk onto fields.
Most of the EU's member states - including France and Germany - had been pressing for aid after the global economic downturn reduced demand.
Dairy farmers say milk costs more to produce than they can sell it for.
EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said she was forced to "empty her pockets" to meet the demands of 21 of 27 member states seeking an emergency fund for dairy farmers.
The aid will be drawn from the bloc's 2010 budget.
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