02/07/07
Shrewsbury & Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynski, Chair of the All
Party Parliamentary Group on Dairy Farming, is delighted at this
week’s news that supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is increasing
the price it pays to farmers for their milk for the second time
this year.
“The future of our dairy farming industry is dependent
on making milk production viable for the farmers in this country,” explained
Mr Kawczynski. “We have been calling on the supermarkets
and on the Government to allow dairy farmers to make a viable
living, by ensuring that they receive adequate prices for the
milk they produce.”
He continued, “although the response of Government is still
minimal, the supermarkets are really starting to listen to the
arguments we are putting forwarded. Sainsbury’s will be
paying 1p per litre more to its dairy producers from the beginning
of next week, without any strings attached, which can only benefit
the industry.”
Sainsbury’s are also expanding the general assistance they
are giving to support the British dairy industry, including expanding
their Dairy Development Group to include cheese producers as
well as milk.
The move by Sainsbury’s follows similar moves by Tesco.
“I hope that all our other supermarkets and retailers will
be following suit,” concluded Mr Kawczynski, “by
pursuing this encouraging trend which may just prevent our dairy
industry from collapsing.”
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