Dairy industry “unsustainable”

NFU Dairy Board member David Shaw has described the current state of the dairy industry as unsustainable.

This comes after Muller announced that it was to cut its milk price to all suppliers by one pence per litre.

The company, which own Wiseman Dairies, recently took over the dairies operations of Dairy Crest.

Muller says that it aims to add value to farm gate milk by making a range of dairy products including fresh milk, cream, butter, flavoured milk, yoghurt, chilled desserts and powder.

But it says it cannot fully protect dairy farmers from the realities of the market.

David said that milk prices were in a ‘mess’ and this most recent cut to prices could only worsen that.