The milk supply chain in the UK is broken but at last we have recognition of this at the highest level and a stated willingness to find a solution.
Yesterday the First Minister Alex Salmond expressed his understanding of how farmers were feeling and said the status quo, in which most dairy farmers are not paid enough to cover the costs of production, was unsustainable. Not only that, a UK ministerial meeting this weekend will look in detail at what can be done to help the farmers.
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