UK processor and farmer representatives have settled on a code of best practice relating to milk supply contracts – the latest effort by the British dairy industry to rebuild relations tainted by this summer’s milk price protests.
Robert Wiseman Dairies has launched an initiative with dairy farmers to increase the transparency of how it determines its farm gate milk prices (FGMP).
Dairy group Lactalis McLelland will face a reduced financial
penalty from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) after accepting
responsibility for its role in the alleged price fixing of
cheeses in the UK.
Allegations of anti-competitive practices in the Scottish milk
market by Robert Wiseman Dairies have been dismissed by the Office
of Fair Trading because of a lack of evidence. The decision has
angered other dairy groups, and an appeal...
