Concern Raised as Dairy Farmers UK Cut Milk Price

UK - The National Farmers Union (NFU) today issued a statement about the latest milk price cut announced by Dairy Farmers of Britain.
calendar icon 6 February 2009
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National Farmers Union

Dairy Farmers of Britain recently announced that it has cut its milk price by a further 1.1p per litre, increasing the total scale of its price cuts to 3.1ppl since November 1 2008,

NFU dairy board chairman Gwyn Jones said: "Our members are telling us that they are deeply concerned by this latest price cut, which was unexpected and which has been hastily imposed. DFB must be very clear and open with its members about the reasons behind these cuts and reassure farmers about the future strategy of the company."

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