Cows In Supermarket As Emergency Summit Held

A spokesman for Morrisons said: “We want to reiterate that we are not seeking any further reductions in milk prices and we will continue our talks with the NFU, in a constructive manner, to finalise our agreed plan of action”.

In other protests, farmers have cleared supermarket shelves of milk, either paying for the milk and leaving the supermarket bare, or simply leaving their trolleys at the tills.

It sees all the milk on the shelves bought up, then it is either given away or sold for a nominal fee and the money donated to charity.

Dairy farmers protesting over the price they’re paid for their milk have taken cows into an Asda supermarket in Stafford.

She responds: “You need to get it out right now”.

Some farmers are being paid less than the cost of production, the National Farmers’ Union says.

The incident in Stafford’s Asda store is the latest in a number of protests that have taken place around the country with farmers saying the price they are paid for milk is unsustainable.

And things are set to fall even further, as Arla, Britain’s biggest milk co-operative, announced a price cut of 0.8p per litre, making the standard litre price 23.01p for its UK farmers.

The union’s president, Meurig Raymond, said: “The situation many of our members are experiencing has become a crisis”.

The supermarket in Uttoxeter, was targeted, today by dairy farmers protesting against falling milk prices.

Reduced global demand for milk recently has meant that there is an oversupply of British milk, meaning that farmers are paid less for their produce.

Meanwhile British dairy organisation AHDB Dairy said the the average UK farm gate price was 24.06p per litre in May, a decrease of a quarter over 12 months.

“British lamb is in its prime right now and I, personally, find it very concerning that some retailers are continuing to promote New Zealand lamb when we have prime lamb, in season, on our doorstep”.