Blockaded dairy firm vows to pay extra to British farmers for milk

One of the dairy firms targeted by British farmers in blockades this summer is to increase the amount it pays for milk.

Dairy Crest, which is supplied by about 1,000 dairy farmers, will pay 29p (about 36c) a litre on contracts for liquid milk and Davidstow cheese from Nov 1.

The increase of about 3p a litre is on top of Dairy Crest’s decision to reverse a planned price cut in August and means that its prices are now higher than they were before prices started to come down from May.