UK processors give ground on milk prices

There are signs the country's dairy processors have relented on plans to cut milk prices on 1 August amid days of protests from farmers.

UPDATE: UK: Wiseman shelves milk price cut

27 July 2012

Robert Wiseman Dairies has confirmed it will shelve plans to cut the price it pays for milk following talks with farmers and its retail customers.

UK: Arla U-turn on milk price cut

27 July 2012

Arla Foods has become the next UK dairy processor to reveal it will no longer implement plans to cut milk prices next week.

UK: First Milk "withdraws" plan for price cut

26 July 2012

UK co-op First Milk will not cut the price it pays for milk on 1 August, pledging to help develop "better structures" across the industry after weeks of anger from farmers.

UK: Dairy Crest postpones milk price cut

26 July 2012

Dairy Crest will postpone a cut to the farmgate milk price that was due to come into effect on 1 August.

UK: Iceland under fire over milk price

26 July 2012

Iceland Foods has become the next UK retailer in the firing line over the price farmers are paid for milk.

UK: Lidl ups milk price as focus shifts to middle-ground

26 July 2012

Discount grocer Lidl has increased the amount it pays for milk in the face of protests from dairy farmers, who are shifting their focus from the UK's largest food retailers to pile pressure on the middle-ground market.