Michael Howie, the owner of Morwick Farm in Northumberland, said his farm needs supermarkets to invest in the cost of milk per litre in order to continue production. An agricultural expert noted that farmers need to be paid more. Morrisons has introduced a “sniff test” to make their milk products go further to prevent waste.
Speaking to GB News, Mr Howie said: “If you go back to 2003 when we opened the ice cream parlour, we felt we needed to go something different because there wasn’t much profit margin at the end of the day.
“We produced the ice cream as another avenue of income and it has worked really well.
“We need to be over 40p a litre to make a profit so we have a little bit left for reinvestment.”