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Milk processors 'recruiting new suppliers'
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Monthly milk production for May was down by 4.8 per cent compared to the same month last year.
Supply worries as figures show milk production is down

UK milk production is falling, according to the latest figures from AHDB Dairy, and milk processors are said to be actively recruiting new suppliers.

Monthly milk production for May was down by 4.8 per cent compared to the same month last year. Speaking to farmers at the Royal Welsh Show, National Farmers Union (NFU) dairy board chairman, Michael Oakes, said processors are worried about under-supply, Farmers Weekly reports.

"We have been in an over-supply situation, but already some of the major processors are going out to recruit suppliers. They are getting worried about where they are going to get their milk from."

But NFU Cymru's dairy board chairman, Aled Jones, said lessons must be learned from the dairy crisis, which has had a crippling effect on farmers. "We must come out of this far stronger. The problems we have today need new ways of thinking," he is quoted by Farmers Weekly as saying.

While farmers have historically produced milk hoping that a buyer will collect, process and pay for it, this must change in future, Mr Jones added.

The greatest opportunities may lie in commodities and the dairy industry "needs to understand how it can be positioned to compete in cheese and other commodity manufacturing," AHDB dairy chairman Gwyn Jones added.

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 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. 

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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.