Consumers will pay price for dairy increases

EACH week delivers new revelations on the commodities front, while the rapid rise in dairy prices is threatening to bring the French on to the streets.

This unease has its genesis in rising dairy and commodity prices.

In the year to the end of August dairy farmers have seen a 40% rise in the price they are getting for their milk. It’s a complete about turn for a sector that has been dogged by weak prices for decades.