My previous blog posting observed how laid back fertiliser manufacturer Yara seemed to be about being jilted by Terra, its partner in GrowHow, in favour of a better merger off from a rival suitor.
The same cannot be said of dairy farmers involved in another partnership - the Arla Foods Milk Partnership - who have been similarly jilted by supermarket group Asda.
We've taken a number of calls from farmers in recent days, aggrieved by the short notice they have been given of the change, by the cursory nature of the letter they received, the lack of clarity about the criteria used and the fact that they are to receive 1p/litre less for their milk from 1 April.
Asda brushes this all off, saying it's just a review of its supplier base to establish a more consistent core pool of milk producers - something it does from time to time anyway...
But the NFU says it amounts to a total restructuring of Asda's milk procurement that has left a large number of dairy farmers with serious cash flow difficulties.
The actual numbers involved are not confirmed, but even Adsa says it is shrinking its milk pool from over 500 to "less than 400". Other sources suggest it is closer to 300. But what does this means for Asda's future sourcing of milk?
Fag packet calculations suggest the supermarket will now only be getting 80% of its annual liquid milk requirements from its core milk suppliers. Asda would not be drawn on this, but would only say that there would be certain times of the year - Christmas for example - when they would be buying in supplementary milk, though this had happened in the past anyway.
That's as maybe, but cutting the supply pool so much suggests they'll be needing rather more supplementary milk than in the past.
And will this continue to come from Arla? Industry speculation suggests that there could be some politics going on. (In the dairy sector? Surely not!)
It is known that Arla did a deal with Sainsbury back in January to join its list of suppliers - namely Robert Wiseman Dairies and Dairy Crest. It is also understood that Dairy Crest was the loser in this deal, with Wiseman retaining its share.
Until now, Asda has sourced all its liquid milk from Arla, but could it be that Dairy Crest, aggrieved at its treatment by Sainsbury, has gone to Asda and made it an offer it could not refuse?
That's just speculation, of course, but none of this bodes very well for farmgate milk prices.
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