Dairy Farmer - from the editor: "This should now give dairy farmers some confidence going forward"

I don't quite know where to start this month; the weather, milk prices, milk contract legislation or the new Government

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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Dairy Farmer - from the editor: "This should now give dairy farmers some confidence going forward"

We're still only weeks in for Sir Keir Starmer's new team, and we are still trying to glean information about what a Labour Government will mean for farming. As Phil Latham comments in his Dairy Matter's...

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