Phil Hogan tries to reassure British farmers

With just days to go to the end of the EU’s dairy quota regime, Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has hit back at claims by British farmers that it would put them out of business.

While the quota system is being abolished, a series of supports for farmers will remain and this, together with a growing global market for their product, should ensure a successful future for them, said Mr Hogan.

He said he could understand their worries but milk prices in the North were 25.8 pence a litre yesterday, significant increase.