A significant victory has been claimed after MEPs voted not to extend further legislation as part of the Integrated Pollution Prevention Control Directive (IPPC).
Speaking in Brussels today, the National Farmers Union (NFU) President Peter Kendall described how CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) must continue to steer farmers towards the market and provide them with support to deal with the shocks posed by volatility.
Farmgate milk prices across England and Wales have finally shown some positive movement – and the NFU Dairy Board Chairperson Mansel Raymond applauded the lead offered by Wyke Farms. He said: “At last, it seems that milk processors have listened to farmers and acted on market signals. On cheese, May 1 will see price rises across the board, with Wyke Farms’ 0.75ppl increase acknowledging that dairy commodity prices are accelerating rapidly.
