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‘DAIRY.farmers could be given ■ the'power to negotiate better


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'• contracts with milk buyers un­ der plan's backed by MEPs on;; th'e European Parliament’s agrir,; culture committee."


i . H'A' reporti written.by Northern;', ilrisK MEP Jim Nicholson, calls for ^


• mandatory contracts for all mem-.^i ber states that set out the milk price;; payable; how the price is calculated^., - volume specifications and all terms?


I to be freely negotiated between par;,-, ties


In Britain, the National Farmers Union believes the move would be a;.


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• major step towards re-balancing the; ■ power in the dairy supply cham..; ; , ;.;


‘ every week, as is the case in the UK, 1. ‘n


• sel Raymond said: “When dO dairy ■


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,1h't is clear something has to be done;? : s,*; “Current milk contracts offernp;


^ certainty or clarity to farmers.-The; •price of-milk ean vary fromione,


.• j 'a .“This proposaljWill allow for bet-.. ».'tcrnegotiation'6f,cbntract.terms;


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i- both before signing'and during the: s contract term:-Importantly itermi-.


e'nation clauses also make up pari .of, - theplans.lj^,


•r:-f “We hdpe'these proposals will


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^:-“help redress the power balance be­ tween producers and processors to


- give dairy farmers longer term cer- •V tainty over,their milk price, volume ~ and contract length ' ,


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:e.,f:.“Too'many farmers are locked; S 'into a contract with'long notice pe- - airiods and no ability,to alter .the situ-, ,,'ation. ■ !!. ■ ”


< paid for their milk. r ' . .


■ month to the next, leaving farmers with no security of what .they’ll b e .


. -V A! ;?vv>The report,-hvliich comes in, re-, . j, 1


si'spdnse to recommendations made '-b y ,th e European,Commission’s :^i; High Level Group on Dairy; will /^ be put to a vote by all MEPs in the, s autumn;-The European Parliament


i‘' and Agriculture Ministers must , agree on the final text before it be- .!;.\;comes law.


- As part of Its high-profile Back : , GISBURN’S Frank Wrathall, servingi! : Dairy, campaign, the NFU has rnet •.


will be vital to the progress of this important p r o p o s a l . ........


thlEw S^eaSS^M ........


■7 with' a number of MPs and .Defra -. staff over recent weeks,.calling for ,


:-:'support for,the Commission pro-,, 7' posals; as now amended by MEPs;:-. i- to ensure all dairy producers have , ■ the opportunity to negotiate truly


,;f equitable contracts with their dairy ' processor customers.


■as pre-sale show judge at Craven,Cat:,:- tie Mart’s June Dairy-Auction, chose a ;; newly calven Holstein Friesian pedigree?.; heifer from Gordon Beresford, of Green /.


Farm, Halton West, as champion. . Giving 34 litres, the champion is a"; ' daughter o f the: Semex sire,,Karona _


Bonair, out of a homeTbred cow, and described by Mr Wrathall as “a good ,


Rathmell lambs claimed the day


A GREAT entiy of qual­ ity lambs was forward a t : Gisburn Auction Mart’s . monthly prime, sh e ep . show and sale. The winning pen of :'


five:Continental lambs,: weighing 35kgs, came from Frankland Farms, ; of Rathmell, and went, under the hammer at £95; per head (27Ip/kg), sell­ ing to Anthony Swales," of Knavesmire Butchers,. York.' ‘ • Second prize went to* regular -vendor. Kevin?


:Purtill,,of Wigan; his; lambs weighing the same' as;the champions and: selling to the same buyer-: at the same price. Third


iprizeiwent: to .R.'H.;&; M;R;Treland, of-Whal-i ley; fortheir pure Texel


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; ■ selling to £93 (£259p/kg),-; ■ again to Mr S w a l e s . - - ■


; Winning the Native ; class with some cracking


: ■ 4Ikg Suffolk-cross lambs -. ,'was'; Colin Kippax, of-; : Briercliffe, his pen going . ‘ under the hammer at £92, - per head (226p/kg).to:,


:, Riley Brothers, of Dun-. ' nockshaw. : Overall an increased .


: number, of prime sheep , were foivvard; totalling


• 733 head. The overall av- - ;.:.erage levelled at£84.24:: ..per head 223p/kg) with a : noted number of lighter,


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;;--’weight lambs forward; Lightweights'.sold well though; with a good run : of 33kg Texel lambs from Peter Fawcett; of Long Preston,- achiev- ing£73 per head. Other,


-PRIME TIME: Richard Frankland with his win] ning pen of five Continental lambs ;


-another!Long Preston


: farmer,'Mark.iThompi son, with' 33k'gs; lambs


, selling to £66 per head ;; to Meadow ‘.Top Live? s to c k ; 'o f Ba'xendale;


, Heavier type lambs sold - welj and topping at £108 was'MattheWiThornber;


< lambs; weighing 36kg and pilighiweightscame from ■ i of Sawley;7Ewes:.were


Srslightly.clieaper on thel ‘ititweek; due.to availabilitjl i;-i''’of new season lambs, biitl ’fen o less in numbers, Topi priced Texel ewes reach-I


ASingTlOO per head camel '" f rom J.P. Barnes, oil "-Clitherqe, while hqrncdl


75: eives topped at £65 anpj iamsat£84


Gillette' heifer w as a cut above ;*A TOP price’b f £25,20 for a Gillette Final Cull


,j heifer, from Colin Singleton,^of 9°°®--1® ■ ■ the pace for a very lively sale'at Gisburn Aucij^. ■


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This heifer caught the; eye of judge Colm 1 n >1 • o f Keasdenj'.and sold;tO;Dayid7Walmsle5,^,|


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aWorston,"who also took home the reseiye cn ■ ' pion, another heife'r at £1,980 from the same \en | i'i'dor.'iThird prize winner wasalso a Qilmu|' H... I ;:: Cut heifer, bought by F.-Talbot & Co, of Rm I ter, at £2,020 Other leading bids included


: for a Sandhole Rattle heifer selling to Brian uii- zard,ofRibchester.


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ixCUT, ABOVEt.Colin Singleton with the champion and nre-sale iud^e Colin Price. .


, , , 'Il L •ii'Jn-calf heifers sold to £1,740 and Jh^lPP.P' - J


-commercial new-calved heifer came froni Mcs^ ■ .-Wenslev; o f Kirkham.-atv£l'.800.>


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CH AM P IO N : V en d o r Gordon B e re sfo 'rd :{ le f t) .arid ju d g e F ra n k Wrathall, with the Ju n e C ra v e n Dairy A u c t io n champ ion." ',


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•: heifer; very correct’’. She sold for top callj in show at £I,860 tOiWick Williams, off Nanfivich, Cheshire - -


tv'vThe Beresfords established their Tri-I i'ple Blue herd.in-2002.when restockingl after foot and mouth.


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«=:,Graven Dairy Auctions of pedigrecB ■ and commercial in-calf, in-milk andl maiden-heifers are now being staged! ■ twice monthly until November.; - •;


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