Critical industry?
OPINION: There's an outpouring of concern over the parlous state of one of our major industries.
On the back of declining international milk prices Westland Milk Products has reduced its predicted payout for the 2014-15 season.
Three more dairy companies – Miraka, Open Country and Westland – are reporting milk flows dipping as dry weather starts to affect grass growth and production, despite reasonable rain in many places in the past week.
For the second year in a row the West Coast is drying out, causing a drop in the milk flow to Westland Milk Products.
OPINION: There's an outpouring of concern over the parlous state of one of our major industries.
OPINION: Food security is a sore point in the UK, as a direct result of its National Food Strategy, and…