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Ministers meet to discuss dairy crisis

SCOTLAND'S Rural Affairs Minister said there was support for a "code of practice" on milk pricing after holding crunch talks on the dairy industry last night, with fellow farming ministers from across the UK.

Richard Lochhead was meeting counterparts from the UK and Welsh farming ministries against a backdrop of fierce protests from dairy farmers who claim supermarket cuts make it impossible to turn a profit from milk production.

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