Wednesday 3 October 2012

Step in the right direction

Voluntary code of best practice agreed for dairy contracts

'THE voluntary code of practice which should ensure fairer and more transparent contracts for dairy farmers has finally been approved today (Wednesday).'

http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/hot-topics/dairy-industry-crisis/voluntary-code-of-best-practice-agreed-for-dairy-contracts/50172.article

When fighting the mega-dairy planning application for Nocton, CAFFO continuously argued that the the solution to the decline in UK dairy farming rested firmly within the dairy industry itself. Hopefully we can hold out the prospect that the new voluntary code will help reverse some of that decline... putting into reverse the 'bigger is better' mantra.

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