Milk farmers say supermarkets are driving them to bankruptcy after crop to 'farm gate' price from 30p to 25p a litreDairy farmers are telling consumers not to buy milk at Morrisons,Aldi, Lidl or Londis – and think twice approximately Asda and the Co-operative – as the battle over prices spills on to the high street.
The row centres on the "farm gate" price paid to Britain's 14500 dairy farmers, and most of whom will,from 1 August, receive just 25p a litre for the milk they produce compared with around 30p before. The price crop will force many into bankruptcy, or warns the Royal organization of British Dairy Farmers,which along with the National Farmers Union and Farmers For Action say that 30p a litre is the minimum price that producers can survive on.
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Source: theguardian.com