SamMT Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Listening to the news right now. It costs 16p per pint to produce and dairies are going to be paying 14p. Farmers are heartbroken and don't know where to turn. We buy a lot of milk & use the local milkman which we thought was a route supporting local dairy farmers but currently it comes from Hillsbro' dairy. Are they one of those paying 14p? I wish I could buy it from the farmer but guess this isn't practical!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Yes awful situation, we don't want our dairy farmers going out of business and have to import it all from the continent. I'd be happy to pay a bit more if I knew the extra was going to the farmer and not increasing profit for the middle men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biotechpete Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 You can buy it direct from our cow Molly farm in dungworth or any of the city outlets they supply. You can follow them on Twitter to find out more (@OurCowMolly). They tweet about other local suppliers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenthack Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 hillsbrough dairy was owned by the dairy farmers up untill a few years ago (all farmers that sold to it where part owners or something like that) and guess what, it went bust even though they supposebly got a good price and where the sole suppliers asda , morrisons and co-op are the big names that are being named as the worst for paying farmers, for a change tescos are the good guys and paying out a higher price voluntary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 We have our milk delivered but 90% of our road get it in 2/3 litre containers from the supermarket. We pay 60p a pint. When I delivered milk in 1966, nearly everyone relied on the milkman. Getting it from Tescos, etc, wasn't an option. In 20 years from now, milk deliveries will probably be a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodStar Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 We have our milk delivered but 90% of our road get it in 2/3 litre containers from the supermarket. We pay 60p a pint. When I delivered milk in 1966, nearly everyone relied on the milkman. Getting it from Tescos, etc, wasn't an option. In 20 years from now, milk deliveries will probably be a thing of the past. But does your 60p pint come from the same milk processing plant that the supermarkets and your neighbours get their from?- in other words does the farmer get to see any of the inflated price you are paying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryjane Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 would also like to do this, apart from our cow molly then how can we all help?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I'd be happy to pay a bit more if I knew the extra was going to the farmer and not increasing profit for the middle men. Same here. I'd have no problem paying an extra 10p per pint for milk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooshka Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Moseley (?) still delivers, and sells his milk in the Just Natural shop in Crookes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodStar Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Moseley (?) still delivers, and sells his milk in the Just Natural shop in Crookes. Correction- he sells milk stolen from baby cows. It's not his! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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