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Asda The Latest Supermarket to Pay Dairy Farmers More
Following recent news that Morrison’s will be creating a distinct new milk brand which sees more money paid to dairy farmers, Asda is the latest UK supermarket to react to widespread pressure from the public to provide a fairer deal for dairy producers. According to The Guardian, as fresh milk sales are set to reach their lowest level by value in 8 years, the country’s third-largest ...
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European Commission activates exceptional measures to further support European farmers in crisis
"This is a package of measures which can have a material and positive impact on European agricultural markets and it should now be given the chance to succeed." The European Commission is announcing today an additional package of exceptional measures using all the tools made available in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to support EU farmers while safeguarding the EU internal market. The ...
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MP slams white milk bottle processors
The Chair of the all party Sustainable Resource Group has slammed milk bottle processers that use white plastic which cannot be recycled into new white milk bottles. MP Alan Whitehead believes that milk processors should all use clear HDPE bottles to package their milk, in order to increase closed loop milk bottle recycling levels. Whitehead said: “As I understand it, there is a tolerance ...
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Goat farmers, producers handle increased demand for dairy
Buying two goats in August 2008 was little more than an experiment for farmer Paula Olson and some entertainment for her daughters. Six and a half years, 14 milking goats and roughly $300,000 later, she's in the midst of constructing a small-scale creamery in Madrid, Iowa, that's set to feature goat milk, cheese, ice cream and more. And though her creamery isn't yet open, Olson said local ...
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