Dairy farmers plan demonstration calling for 'fair price' for milk
Sunday, August 23, 2015 @ 7:06 PM
THE milk price crisis is going global with livestock farmers in the northern region of Cantabria planning a march to Madrid on September 4 in protest over poor returns on their wares.
They want to see fair prices paid for milk by major supermarket chains – their main customers – and for all milk produced to be bought from them.
In the past 14 years, well over half of Cantabria's livestock farmers have shut up shop – back in 2001, a total of 3,800 were trading, but now, only 1,500 are left.
Only the very largest firms are likely to survive in the long term, dairy farm unions warn.
Their campaign will start tomorrow (Monday, August 24) with a demonstration outside the regional government's agricultural ministry and an open letter handed in to its leader, Jesús Oria, then on Wednesday (August 26) they will set up an information stand at the cattle market in Torrelavega.
Friday, August 28 will see thousands of farmers and farm workers start the first leg of their march, with coach-loads travelling to Valladolid – about 200 kilometres north-west of Madrid in the neighbouring region of Castilla y León.
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