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Over the 51AVÊÓÆµGate podcast: Milk price drops will shatter confidence

NFU dairy board chairman Michael Oakes has warned a milk price collapse will lead to farmers deciding ’enough is enough’

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
clock • 2 min read
Over the 51AVÊÓÆµGate podcast: Milk price drops will shatter confidence

NFU dairy board chairman Michael Oakes has warned a milk price collapse will lead to farmers deciding ’enough is enough’ Confidence is fragile in the dairy sector and a market collapse will lead many...

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