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BRITISH-PRODUCED food may disappear from many supermarket shelves within months due to the “crisis” facing the farming industry, a union warned yesterday.
National Farmers Union (NFU) president Meurig Raymond said many farmers faced “big decisions” about whether to leave the industry in the next few weeks as they struggle to pay bills and face rising debts.
Farming leaders met for an emergency summit in central London yesterday as falling milk prices push those in the industry to “sheer desperation.”
Speaking outside the summit, Mr Raymond said: “Obviously the industry is in crisis. There’s despair within our members.
“I’ve been farming for 45 years and this is the worst I’ve known, particularly the dairy sector and the lamb sector.”
He said the industry has seen a 30 per cent fall in milk prices in the last 12 months and good quality new-season lamb is being sold at least £15 per animal less than last year.
