Your data on MRCVSonline
The nature of the services provided by Vision Media means that we might obtain certain information about you.
Please read our Data Protection and Privacy Policy for details.

In addition, (with your consent) some parts of our website may store a 'cookie' in your browser for the purposes of
functionality or performance monitoring.
Click here to manage your settings.
EmailIphone Application    Posted: 6th October 2014
If you would like to forward this story on to a friend, simply fill in the form below and click send.
Your friend's email:
Your email:
Your name:
 
 
Send Cancel

Dairy farmers to protest over milk cuts
dairy cows
Muller Wiseman will cut milk prices by a further 1.9 pence per litre from November 1.
Muller urges protestors to "stop and think"

Dairy farmers hit by milk price cuts will protest tonight at the Muller Wiseman dairy plant in Shropshire.

Muller Wiseman is the latest processor to cut milk prices. From November 1 it will pay 27.1 pence per litre (ppl), a cut of 1.9 ppl.

In response, campaign group Farmers for Action (FFA) are planning a series of protests. The first blockade will take place from 8pm tonight at the Market Drayton Livestock Centre.

FFA chairman David Handley told the Shropshire Star: "This is a last resort, but we can’t negotiate with people who don’t want to talk.

"If the money wasn’t there for them to pay us a fair price then we would understand, but no-one has convinced us yet that there isn’t money."

In a statement, Muller referred to the campaigners as "militants" and urged them to "stop and think before inflicting further damage to an industry already under serve pressure from steep falls in the value of commodities like cream and butter."

Ronald Kers, chief executive at Muller UK and Ireland Group, said: "Dairy farmers have been breaking all-time records in terms of milk production and the prices received for their milk. Farms in the UK have increased production by more than 1 billion litres of milk this year…

"Unfortunately this extra milk coupled with weaker demand has affected farm-gate milk prices."

Become a member or log in to add this story to your CPD history

Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

News Story 1
 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

Click here for more...
News Shorts
Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.