European Dairy Farmers Also Working on New Pricing Solutions

By CnAgri2012-07-11 20:00:09 Print

Around 2,000 dairy farmers are set to travel to London to take part in crisis talks on how to tackle milk price cuts which threaten the entire industry. Farmers from England and Wales, as well as representatives from Scotland and Northern Ireland, will join NFU President Peter Kendall and Agriculture Minister Jim Paice to come up with a plan of action following recent and proposed drastic cuts which will result in the average dairy farmer making an annual loss of ?0,000.

The public meeting will give the entire industry the chance to rally together and decide on a plan of action over the latest round of cuts due to come into force on August 1.

NFU dairy chairman Mansel Raymond said: "We are expecting a large number of dairy farmers, traveling from all across the country, to vent their anger over these cuts which threaten the very future of the dairy sector."

New research from the NFU reveals that 62 percent of the British public would pay an extra five pence per pint of milk to ensure dairy farmers received a fair price.