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Milk pool 'an afterthought' in processor acquisitions

Vale of York dairy farmer and NFU Dairy Board chair Paul Tompkins said consolidation and investment can be viewed as a 鈥榞ood thing鈥�, but the lack of competition for milk was a 鈥榖ad thing鈥� for producers

Rachael Brown
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Milk pool 'an afterthought' in processor acquisitions

The significant investment processor acquisitions bring into the dairy industry is welcomed, but there is fear that while the money increases the processing capacity, the milk pool is still an afterthought....

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