Where to buy milk that ensures fair price for farmers?

ag120

Raw milk should not be served to infants, pregnant women, the elderly or infirm. Some farmers do sell their own milk which has been pasturised - check the label which will clearly identify if it is raw or not.

maman

geordie_joe wrote: »

And you still don't know the full extent of it.

Farmers, like many others, are very good at telling people half the facts and leaving them to jump to the wrong conclusion.

Farmers may get paid less than production cost, but they also get subsidies from the EU, which means they make a profit over all.

It's like someone claiming they can not afford to live because they only earn the minimum wage and their take home pay is less than their out goings. But failing to mention that they also get a large amount of housing benefit and family tax credits.

You may be complaining that farmers are being paid less than the production costs, but third world countries are also complaining that our farmers are selling milk, and other dairy products at less than production costs, so putting their own farmers out of business. Our farmers can do this because they get subsidies from the EU to do it.

Have you also noticed how farmers never mention the price they get for milk sold to companies other than supermarkets? The ones that make products that contain milk. Take a look around any supermarket, there's more milk in the tinned goods than there is in the milk chillers.

Lots of valid points there but supermarkets are definitely making sure they protect their margins too. Too much greed around these days IMO

Stephen_Leak

jemb wrote: »

I work in North Yorks and the area has alot of farmers. There are big banners up saying that Tesco and M and S (another that i cant remember) are the only ones paying a fair enough price.

So, Tesco pay the farmers a fair price yet still charge us the same as the other supermarkets. If they can do both, then I can see no reason why the other supermarkets can't do the same.

Edwardia

I buy Moo organic milk which comes from Milk Link, a co-operative of 1500 British dairy farmers https://www.moomilk.co.uk The organic milk costs £1 a litre normally but I've bought it recently at 2 for 1.50 in Sainsbury's and 80p per litre in Tesco.

moocowfriendly

I do not shop at supermarkets as I find that I can buy much much cheaper from open markets and my milk I get from smaller outlets. i have saved a lot of money by doing this and as a child I do remember getting milk from a local farm who did all his own sterilizing etc and not once did any of us go down with anything. by shopping this way all my veg and milk etc I know that I am buying British and I know it is of very good quality

moocowfriendly

patchwork_cat wrote: »

If bovine TB is rare why all the talk of culling badgers. It is very naive to think that I would consider any risk of a disease that affected the whole of my Dad's life and nearly killed him acceptable!

i dont know how old your dad is but as he caught it as a 2 year old may I point out that because of pasteurisation milk today is much safer and we can catch all sorts things from food ie mad cow disease, food poisoning, salmonella and so on and so on nothing is safe from something or other we just have to be very careful

hotcookie101

moocowfriendly wrote: »

i dont know how old your dad is but as he caught it as a 2 year old may I point out that because of pasteurisation milk today is much safer and we can catch all sorts things from food ie mad cow disease, food poisoning, salmonella and so on and so on nothing is safe from something or other we just have to be very careful

I think Patchwork Cat's point was that raw (unpasteurised) milk was unsafe due to the risk of TB, they are happy with pasteurised.

robpw2

http://e-edition.metro.co.uk/2012/07/20/index.html?p=3
metro has a big advert for asda milk this just makes me annoyed now

pelirocco

Edwardia wrote: »

I buy Moo organic milk which comes from Milk Link, a co-operative of 1500 British dairy farmers https://www.moomilk.co.uk The organic milk costs £1 a litre normally but I've bought it recently at 2 for 1.50 in Sainsbury's and 80p per litre in Tesco.

Who do you think takes the hit on the price reduction?

pelirocco

You will find a lot of posts on this forum asking where they can buy the cheapest milk , surely some ( all? ) of the blame has to go to the consumers who want to pay next to nothing for a product . Its ironic that a bottle of water costs more then milk and no one bats an eyelid