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<blockquote data-quote="The Agrarian" data-source="post: 7086929" data-attributes="member: 3656"><p>Nobody's pleased with the price. But I think that's not a very balanced or factual account. Dale Farm, as a processor in its own right, as opposed to its former life as a milk broker, has not existed for very long really. And of that time, it's had its fair share of leading the league table, with very little splitting any of them in the last couple of years, until recently. So while it's essential that we voice our discontent and disquiet about recent performance, it's also important to keep a sense of perspective and balance when going through disappointments. </p><p></p><p>In the interests of balance, you would assume someone supplying Lakeland would be along to say publically that their price is only slightly less rubbish than DF's, given what Arla, and even First Milk and others are currently able to extract from the markets, and that they've spent a lifetime dragging along the bottom of the Republic league table. But that usually doesn't happen, even when they are behind DF. The reasons are understandable. United was the default position for a supplier. The overhang from MMB days meant that producers did not feel the need to blame themselves for performance - it was up to United to live up to expectations. Once a producer left for another company, however, they took the responsibility for that outcome upon themselves. When it fell short of expectations, and even when it was darn well petrifying in the lead up to and during the insolvencies, of which there were three biggish ones, and many small ones, there was no one else to blame for making that choice in the full knowledge that there might have been something not quite Kosher about the extra money they were getting/promised. </p><p></p><p>And so someone, perhaps an onlooking new entrant, or prospective one, might be tempted to take opinions and disappointment in isolation as fact. In reading today's thread, you wouldn't be aware that the last number of years since DFs transition to a fully fledged processor have been prosperous and very stable, while paying a broadly competitive price - in stark contrast to some of the pretty shocking events that have transpired elsewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Agrarian, post: 7086929, member: 3656"] Nobody's pleased with the price. But I think that's not a very balanced or factual account. Dale Farm, as a processor in its own right, as opposed to its former life as a milk broker, has not existed for very long really. And of that time, it's had its fair share of leading the league table, with very little splitting any of them in the last couple of years, until recently. So while it's essential that we voice our discontent and disquiet about recent performance, it's also important to keep a sense of perspective and balance when going through disappointments. In the interests of balance, you would assume someone supplying Lakeland would be along to say publically that their price is only slightly less rubbish than DF's, given what Arla, and even First Milk and others are currently able to extract from the markets, and that they've spent a lifetime dragging along the bottom of the Republic league table. But that usually doesn't happen, even when they are behind DF. The reasons are understandable. United was the default position for a supplier. The overhang from MMB days meant that producers did not feel the need to blame themselves for performance - it was up to United to live up to expectations. Once a producer left for another company, however, they took the responsibility for that outcome upon themselves. When it fell short of expectations, and even when it was darn well petrifying in the lead up to and during the insolvencies, of which there were three biggish ones, and many small ones, there was no one else to blame for making that choice in the full knowledge that there might have been something not quite Kosher about the extra money they were getting/promised. And so someone, perhaps an onlooking new entrant, or prospective one, might be tempted to take opinions and disappointment in isolation as fact. In reading today's thread, you wouldn't be aware that the last number of years since DFs transition to a fully fledged processor have been prosperous and very stable, while paying a broadly competitive price - in stark contrast to some of the pretty shocking events that have transpired elsewhere. [/QUOTE]
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