Retailers

MPs begged for help to redress balance in supply chain

Smaller dairy farms are questioning their future amid lower prices and an increased need to invest with expectations of milk production to tighten later in the year

Some retailers have been threatening growers with delisting for requesting cost price increases, Farmers Guardian has learned.

Dairy farmers on aligned milk contracts have ‘jumped ships’ or are considering it in search of greener pastures, according to industry leaders.

A disconnect between what UK buyers are willing to pay compared to world markets could see a cheese shortage on supermarket shelves this winter, David Evans, Millbrook Dairy Company co-founder, has warned.