Farmers must receive a significant milk price lift to improve confidence ahead of a costly winter, NFU Scotland has announced.
Farmers must receive a significant milk price lift to improve confidence ahead of a costly winter, NFU Scotland has announced.
At a time when milk volumes are reducing and on-farm costs are rising, processors and retailers need to send increased prices down the supply chain or risk a further decline in the number of dairy farmers, warned the union.
Dairy farmer and NFU Scotland milk committee chairman Gary Mitchell said: “In the past couple of weeks, we have seen milk prices make positives moves, but this is not across the board and all dairy farmers in Scotland must start seeing an increase in their milk price immediately.
“When I hear some farmers report that their milk price still begins with a two, then I know these farms must be struggling to keep their heads above water, never mind run businesses that require huge amounts of investment to meet the changes that the sector is currently facing in both the short and long term.”
Scotland only has 836 herds, and this figure may reduce further when the Scottish Dairy Cattle Association releases its data in the next few weeks, said Mr Mitchell.
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