Milk price row: Dozens of farmers turn out at latest Muller protest
[gallery] Almost 50 farmers turned out in Market Drayton last night to voice their concerns that the rising market price of dairy products is not being passed on to producers.
Farmers with tractors met at the Market Drayton Livestock Market on Adderley Road before driving to the Muller Dairy on nearby Shrewsbury Road.
The protest came after Muller announced it would not be changing its milk prices for September.
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Muller says those protesting do not represent the farmers supplying milk to their business and that the business had maintained a "competitive and stable milk price" throughout the market downturn.
But Shropshire farmers say that the low price of milk, from other companies as well as Muller, is a national issue that will put farms out of business.
Rob Morgan, from Woodend Hall Farm in Coton, near Whitchurch, said farmers cannot wait for the increase.
He said: "We have been screwed to the floor for the last 18 months and many dairy farmers have gone out of business.
"We need to see the increase in prices now, it is not fair to keep paying low prices for milk even though the market is improving.
"We just want a sit down talk with Muller. Until they listen to us we will protest again. We have nothing to lose."
