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Farming Today: Dairy Crisis

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13/01/2015

Dairy Crisis

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Presented by Anna Hill. Farming Today reports from a dairy conference.

Farming Today reports from a dairy conference where farmers face a bleak future following a decision by First Milk to defer milk payments for two weeks.

Farming Today reports from the Semex Dairy Conference in Glasgow, where discussion among farmers centred on a decision by First Milk to defer milk payment for two weeks. It comes during difficult times for the dairy industry, which is facing global overproduction coinciding with a fall in demand.
The leader of the farmers' campaign group Farmers for Action, David Handley, says he'll give up dairy unless the industry rallies in the next six months.

Later today MEPs will vote on new rules which will give member states the power to ban or permit the cultivation of genetically modified crops in their own countries. GM crops can currently only be grown in the EU under strict regulations. And only one crop - an insect-resistant maize - is actually grown. The compromise means individual countries will have the final say, taking some power away from Europe. It comes after several years of discussions over how to solve the GM question.

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