Freshways article, Daily Wail

[Wolds Beef]

I am not involved in dairy! Last time I did it was when I left college in the 70's. But I feel for our dairy colleagues especially when you read an article like the above. Some one please transfer!! It is a wonder he has not been lynched!! .
WB

 

[upnortheast]

Family run dairy farms facing a rate cut on 40% of their produce

Freshways - the 'largest independent family-run' milk processor in the country - has written to diary farmers telling them they plan to cut rates on 40 per cent of their produce.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[betweenthelines]

If there was single organisation that bought all milk ex farm and sold it to processors, this would never happen as the volume would just be diverted to where it was needed. It could even promote milk sales

You could call it something like the Board for Marketing Milk.

 

[7610 super q]

If there was single organisation that bought all milk ex farm and sold it to processors, this would never happen as the volume would just be diverted to where it was needed. It could even promote milk sales

You could call it something like the Board for Marketing Milk.

Or the Board for Milk Marketing

 

[upnortheast]

Had one of those but HM gov said it made the market uncompetitive.

 

[Still Farming]

 

[Hampton]

Or the Board for Milk Marketing

Us in the board for marketing milk hate those in the board for milk marketing! Traitors!
And as for those at the Marketing board for milk, they can just feck off!!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I remember my Dad being ridiculed for saying dairy farmers should stick with the MMB, but many locals said to get rid of it.

Better the devil you know he reckoned.

 

[fgc325j]

I remember my Dad being ridiculed for saying dairy farmers should stick with the MMB, but many locals said to get rid of it.

Better the devil you know he reckoned.

Perhaps your Grandfather had told your father of the days before the MMB was formed in the early 1930's. When dairy farmer's were
at the mercy of the milk buyers, and when milk had to be tipped away because there was no guarantee that the buyer would
collect it that day. The world goes round in circles and there is nothing new.

 

[Exfarmer]

Perhaps your Grandfather had told your father of the days before the MMB was formed in the early 1930's. When dairy farmer's were
at the mercy of the milk buyers, and when milk had to be tipped away because there was no guarantee that the buyer would
collect it that day. The world goes round in circles and there is nothing new.

My father and my grandfather were at one of the meetings in Reading where it was set up. I was still milking in the late 80’s and could not believe how many smaller producers were voting to abolish the board. It was the smallproducers asa man who had this strange belief that they could get a better deal with the dairies and cheesemakers etc. than the MMB
These single man bands, rarely left their farms as they were too busy milking, feeding , mucking out, growing grass etc. Yet they thought that they could do a deal with dairies handling thousands of times there output every day

 

[Exfarmer]

Had one of those but HM gov said it made the market uncompetitive.

We had the opportunity to make it a co op

 

[suffolksmallholder]

My father and my grandfather were at one of the meetings in Reading where it was set up. I was still milking in the late 80’s and could not believe how many smaller producers were voting to abolish the board. It was the smallproducers asa man who had this strange belief that they could get a better deal with the dairies and cheesemakers etc. than the MMB
These single man bands, rarely left their farms as they were too busy milking, feeding , mucking out, growing grass etc. Yet they thought that they could do a deal with dairies handling thousands of times there output every day

I could probably name a few folk there!
SS

 

[jendan]

Had one of those but HM gov said it made the market uncompetitive.

If everyone had stuck together,it would have been immovable. Can remember the talk at the Northumbrian Friesian Breeders meetings early 90s,and all the great and the good getting excited at selling direct bypassing the MMB,and getting 1p more.Absolute madness! They were the first to jack in when things got tough.

 

[upnortheast]

If everyone had stuck together,it would have been immovable. Can remember the talk at the Northumbrian Friesian Breeders meetings early 90s,and all the great and the good getting excited at selling direct bypassing the MMB,and getting 1p more.Absolute madness! They were the first to jack in when things got tough.

Hmmm, Yes, the allegedly great & good
One day I`ll figure out who you are

 

[lazy farmer]

If everyone had stuck together,it would have been immovable. Can remember the talk at the Northumbrian Friesian Breeders meetings early 90s,and all the great and the good getting excited at selling direct bypassing the MMB,and getting 1p more.Absolute madness! They were the first to jack in when things got tough.

Rose tinted glasses. Yr after yr being last or second last along with Ireland in the European league table.

 

[betweenthelines]

Had one of those but HM gov said it made the market uncompetitive.

No it was the EU that forced it's demise

 

[7610 super q]

No it was the EU that forced it's demise

Say no more....

 

[jendan]

Rose tinted glasses. Yr after yr being last or second last along with Ireland in the European league table.

And its really great now isnt it!..............as long as you sell to Arla,or have a supermarket liquid contract.

 

[Tarw Coch]

I think it’s wishful thinking to think that we could have kept the mmb or that it will ever be reformed.

However if it was in existence today it would have undoubtedly eased the pain of those being forced to dump milk, not than a mmb today wouldn’t have to dump milk but the loss would be spread across all producers and would have amounted to a relatively small drop in price for everyone.

 

[jendan]

No it was the EU that forced it's demise

It was entirely Thatcher and her free market economics. Of course the EU was a convenient excuse,like so many other things the blame was pinned on.