MPs wade in to milk price fight
Last updated at 09:53, Thursday, 19 July 2012
TWO of the area’s MPs have intervened for dairy farmers fighting a further cut in the prices paid for their milk.
Left, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell; right, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP Michael Moore
After meeting NFUS president Nigel Miller, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP Michael Moore said: “I am deeply concerned that processors have been cutting prices at the farm gate and forcing farmers to sell their milk at below-cost prices.
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First published at 21:38, Wednesday, 18 July 2012
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