Deborama - outside the blog

11 November 2003

Crisis in British dairy industry

BBC NEWS reports on the really serious crisis in the dairy industry in Britain. Even large dairy farms are struggling, as evidenced by the decision of the Co-operative Groups "Farmcare" dairy farms to cease operations in the spring of next year. Many dairy farmers are operating at a continual loss, and selling the cows won't even save them from bankruptcy as the whole sector contracts and imported milk is cheaper than British milk in most areas.