Dairy coalition to host crisis meeting

NFU President Meurig Raymond said that many farmers are still a long way off a sustainable milk price.
NFU President Meurig Raymond said that many farmers are still a long way off a sustainable milk price.

The NFU has joined up with Farmers For Action and the Tenant Farmers Association to run a series of meetings across the country in light of the ongoing price cuts in the dairy sector.

The North West event will take place on Thursday 27 August at NWA Junction 36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Cumbria, LA7 7NU. The meeting starts at 7.30pm.

This is a fully open meeting and all dairy farmers are encouraged to attend and find out what is being done by the three organisations.

NFU President Meurig Raymond said that many farmers are still a long way off a sustainable milk price.

“NFU members will be aware of the recent moves in the price being paid for milk in the UK, but the crisis in dairy is also being felt across Europe.

"It is therefore good to see that a large Danish retailer, REMA 1000, has now joined other UK retailers in supporting the sector. As Arla is a pan-European cooperative, British farmers will benefit from this move.

NFU dairy board chairman Rob Harrison said: “The positives are few and far between in the dairy sector at the moment as we’ve seen milk prices plummet over the past 15 months.

"Many UK dairy farmers will be entering yet another month of turmoil after recent price cuts by Meadow Foods and Fayrefield Foods indicated, with more announcements expected this week."