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Farmers For Action's Tesco protest

FFA and others arrived at Tesco's head office in Herts yesterday to comlain over (a) the launch of the 'value range' of Fresh'n'Lo milk from Wiseman and (b) the cost-plus contract model Tesco operates with its direct supply group, which, FFA says, is intrusive and hands too much power...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Ian Ashbridge on Wed, Aug 27 2008
NFU's model dairy contract

The NFU has finally launched its model dairy contract, which it reckons is going to offer dairy farmers better negotiating powers over milk prices and contract length. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2007/11/19/108455/nfu-launches-model-dairy-contract.html What do you think? Will processors listen? Would...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by caroline stocks on Mon, Nov 19 2007
Who Wants to Drink Longlife Milk?

A funny question I know, but if DEFRA has its way we might not have any choice. One of the crazier ideas in leaked draft proposals for DEFRA's "Roadmap" for the dairy industry is that about 90% of the milk consumed in the UK should be longlife (UHT). At the moment it's only 5% (not...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Andrew Shirley on Wed, Sep 26 2007

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