Fear for Fermanagh’s farm families is growing as farm gate prices start to fall below the cost of production.
Milk prices currently the same as the 1980s
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THERE has been anger in the dairy farming community at the latest cuts to milk prices. Earlier this month cross-border cooperative Lakeland Dairies announced it was cutting its milk price for July supplies, with its baseline to be paid to farmers in the North of 39.3p/l – a reduction of 1ppl on June. Lakeland said this was […]
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UFU lobbying in a bid to alleviate pressure on farmers