Dairy Farmers of Scotlandproviding a voice for Milk Producers Feedback Some feedback from letters and calls received: Maybe co-op suppliers might get a better return for their milk if their executive were paid by results...that is their producer members' farmgate price results, then we'd all be in the same boat together and return to profitability might happen quite quickly too...just a thought... Consumers have been paying 5 ppl more for their milk since 1/7/06. If you do your sums for 4 billion + litres that equates to an extra £200,000,000 and farmers have not received one penny of that money. Make no mistake there is plenty of money to be made in the dairy industry it's just the distribution of it that's the problem (from feedback received on 17/2/07). John Duncan to get £247,000 severance pay from First Milk...funny...we had to pay to leave! - ex First Milk producer referring to heavy financial penalty imposed for resigning membership after having giving 3 months notice. There's talk that this minimum 3 month notice period with penalty is going to be extended to 12 months + ...in the interests of the producer?...you decide. Not sure that it will stick but got to try times are desperate, at least if every producer group can sit round a table it is a start. Sorn Milk producer Thank you for sending me your survey questionnaire and for your efforts with this initiative. As a supplier to Wisemans who as you know are paying the best of a bad batch of milk prices, I am unable to tick yes to question 2. In the event of Wisemans cancelling my milk contract I would be even worse off. If however this initiative is at least 80% positive within Wisemans suppliers then I would reconsider. Too late for us the first cows are away and the rest will be going as soon as possible. Have filled in the letter but hopefully will be out of milk production not long after it comes into effect. Good Luck! Ex-Wiseman producer I am a Quothquan Dairies producer. I hear if we rock the boat they have plenty others waiting to join. What benefit can come from paying farmers less than a fair price for their milk?? only short term retailer/processor profit at the ultimate expense of meltdown of the UK dairy farming industry and everything that goes along with it. In response to someone telling me that the consumer is king, I explained that, if you have a product which consumers want, and we know that the British public want to buy British dairy products, then the producer holds the power.
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