One thing farmers can do is become more efficient with work practices
With the Dairy Crest UK giant here in the UK posting a first quarter financial loss on its processing activities, and other dairy companies faring no better, there’s a squeeze on farm gate milk prices, and pain for dairy farmers.
In London, they laid into the minister, Jim Paice. He used to be a farm manager, and he knows the problems from the farmer viewpoint, but his hands are tied by the competing forces of food costs and inflation versus the demands and needs of farmers. So he said what he thought was sensible, encouraging the farmers to look at costs and herd management.
