Summary
YOUR editorial (August 19) attempts to find cause and solution to the financial crisis facing Scotland's family dairy farms. Your support for a sustainable dairy industry echoes the views of the wider public reacting to this week's blockades of milk depots. But, by laying partial blame at the door of farmers for a supposed glut of milk, you repeat a convenient excuse trotted out by the supermarkets, which ignores the facts.
There is no such glut and the consumption of milk in Scotland is growing. Yet the farmers producing this premium product in increasing demand are seeing no benefit;See the full content of this document
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Supermarkets to Blame for Milk Crisis
in fact, their position is becoming more perilous.
The UK now has the lowest milk production figures for seven y...See the full content of this document
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