Dairy farmers were told by Farming Minister Victoria Prentis the future farming policy will deliver a better deal for them going forward.

Speaking at RABDF’s Virtual Business and Policy Conference today (Wed 4 Nov), Ms Prentis said the Common Agriculture Policy had been a comfort blanket for farmers in this country, with the largest farms receiving about 50% of the money.

Productivity in the dairy industry is not about producing as much milk as possible it is about how well the sector can turn inputs into outputs, delegates at RABDF’s Virtual Business and Policy Conference were told.

The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has taken the decision to alter the format of Dairy-Tech 2021, due to ongoing Covid-19 concerns, by instead hosting a series of online events over a fortnight from 3 February to 17 February 2021.