Strategies for future development

摘要

Milk processors needed to send out the correct signals to milk producers to improve trust within the industry and secure future milk supplies, according to NFU president Tim Bennett. "My greatest short-term worry is that the farmers who are best placed to adapt to the brave new world post-CAP reform are those who could well be those taking the decision to leave the industry," warned Mr Bennett. "There is no easy answer to prevent this. My gut feeling is that dairy farmers need a vision that is progressive, dynamic and collective; that gives them a genuine feeling that there is a profitable future for them. The dairy industry needs to buy into and sell that vision. "The decoupling of support payments from production means that farmers should, and will, take decisions based on the market rather than support," he said. "Dairy farmers are already asking real questions about their future in the industry.