British supermarket Tesco has announced that its biggest farming group, the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG), is aiming to expand the amount of dairy farms it supports by a quarter.
A dairy working group has been formed to tackle all aspects of milk contracts following the emergency roundtable convened on February 11 to address the industry’s woes.
Müller Wiseman Dairies has urged Farmers for Action (FFA) to "stop and think" about the damage its planned milk price protests could have on the sector.
A coalition of British dairy industry stakeholders has urged the European Commission (EC) to introduce mandatory origin labelling for dairy products - a move they claim will provide support milk suppliers in the UK and better inform consumers.
The UK Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation on the proposed implementation of rules that would allow English dairy farmers to form Producer Organisations (POs).
UK farmers face a £330m gap between the price that milk buyers pay for the product and the costs of producing it, according to a new report by the National Farmers Union (NFU).
Public pressure on UK supermarkets and dairy firms over farmgate
milk prices grew this week when a consumer group handed a petition
to Parliament, calling for government action.
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers claims that the
majority of UK dairy farmers are subsidising the cost of a pint of
supermarket milk by nearly 4p per litre by failing to include
family labour costs in their accounts,...
Mounting pressure from both the domestic UK market and the
increasingly competitive European dairy sector, has recently led a
number of British milk producers to successfully lower their unit
costs of milk production, but will this...
Dairy farmers in UK received a boost this week with the decision of
several retail groups to increase milk prices. But the long term
problems will remain unless the middle men - milk processors - can
be persuaded to pay more for their...
