The cost of producing milk is higher than that being paid by milk processors, leaving farmers operating at a loss
  • climbing_caker@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Then stop producing milk and grow produce. There are plenty of plants that grow within the UK’s climate. Use some land for solar power and use the rest for vertical farming plants, the UK should be more self-reliant when it comes to fruit/veg. Why go into debt for traumatising cows? https://youtu.be/GjU03hu5Uqk

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    75·
    2 months ago

    Then why don’t you have all the cows slaughtered and just leave the fields empty? There you go, perfect cost saving business solution.

  • MrSulu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    There is little that the government can do. The main buyers aren’t paying enough for milk and the other buyers aren’t able to buy enough volume. An option is subsidies, but we thenwe need to add that to the UK tax. Tax that’s avoided by the biggest commercial buyers of milk…

    • okwithmydecay@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Unless there is a future need for all this milk, or an argument for food security, couldn’t the government incentivize the farmers to grow different crops, or even rewild their farmlands?