Fairer milk prices for farmers
Current milk prices means that farmers currently produce milk at a loss unless they can farm on a very large scale. Farmers would prefer a fair price for milk over any subsidies as allows them to be in control. Supermarkets don't pay a fair price. Setting minimum prices would allow farmers to rely on their produce to make an income rather than subsidies
Why the contribution is important
Farmers are going out of business on a daily basis as importing milk produce from the EU and non countries flood the market. We should support our farmers.
by GEvs on August 26, 2016 at 08:05PM
Posted by TyG August 28, 2016 at 16:40
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Posted by TyG August 28, 2016 at 16:45
there should be minimum price levels for milk, government should force milk prices to sustainable pricing levels so farmers can make a living
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Posted by denvaughan September 01, 2016 at 12:25
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Posted by rastathecat September 11, 2016 at 16:00
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Posted by EllisHuws September 26, 2016 at 12:11
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Posted by AlexandraCook September 27, 2016 at 15:31
Most people in these parts of Europe are absolutely fine with dairy (thanks to lactase persistence), especially high-fat diary (see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22810464 for example).
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Posted by Emorgan October 10, 2016 at 20:56
The supermarkets have too much power and the government needs to regulate them to ensure that fair prices are paid for produce. They take subsidies into account when working out the prices they pay farmers and the oilgopoly that they are means that farmers have to take the price that they are given.
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Posted by CelynMenai February 23, 2017 at 13:51
Mae eich blaenoriaethau a syniadau yn cael eu defnyddio i helpu’r Pwyllgor i ysgrifennu ei adroddiad ar sut y gallwn ddatblygu egwyddorion sy'n sail i bolisi amaethyddiaeth a datblygu gwledig newydd i Gymru. Am ragor o wybodaeth, plîs cysylltwch â fi ar celyn.cooper@cynulliad.cymru. Mi fyddai’n sicr o ddiweddaru’r tudalennau hyn a’r sgwrs fel mae hyn yn datblygu.
Mae eich syniadau a’ch blaenoriaethau hefyd wedi bod o gymorth i’r Pwyllgor wrth iddo wahodd sefydliadau a chyrff cynrychioliadol i’r Senedd i roi tystiolaeth ar lafar ar ddyfodol amaeth yng Nghymru.
O ddiddordeb , mae'r Pwyllgor yn cynnal nifer o ymgynghoriadau newydd ar hyn o bryd. Mae croeso i chi gysylltu yn uniongyrchol, neu ymweld â wefan y Pwyllgor am fanylion pellach: http://www.assembly.wales/cy/bus-home/committees/Pages/Committee-Profile.aspx?cid=444
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