Consultants lobby Tony Blair over dairy crisis
UK - Two dairy business specialists have written an open letter to the Prime Minister which highlights the financial and psychological pressures facing British dairy farmers.Norman Buxton, chairman of Datag Farm Management Systems and David Hughes of David Hughes Agricultural Consultancy Ltd have written to Tony Blair hoping that he will open a constructive debate on the future of UK milk suppliers.
Mr Buxton and Mr Hughes decided to write after their day-to-day involvement in providing many family farms with IT and consultancy support brought home to them the reality of a situation which showed that many farms are simply running out of cash at an alarming rate.
"With farm gate milk prices 30% lower than ten years ago and spiraling production costs and increasing red tape, the situation can only get worse,” said Mr Buxton.
Source: Farmers Weekly