Direct Action Is Last Resort for Dairy Producers Protesting Low Milk Price

The HeraldAugust 19, 2005

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DAIRY farmers were out in force again yesterday across most of the UK, picketing processing centres in protest at low milk prices.

They would appear to have cause for protest, given that in a typical supermarket a litre of bottled water is selling for 69p, while the same volume of milk is priced at around 60p.

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Direct Action Is Last Resort for Dairy Producers Protesting Low Milk Price

The producer is, at best, receiving only 18p per litre for milk when it leaves the farm.

The cost of production is estimated at 19p per litre.

In Scotland p...

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