Milking farmers

11:51am Tuesday 10th July 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter

HOW things change. During the 1939-1945 war, when ration books were the order of the day, some of the best friends farmers had were politicians, especially those seeking the favour of a leg of pork, a side of ham or bacon, a patty of butter, a dozen eggs, etc.

These days politicians don’t seem to give a damn about farmers.

When are politicians going to pull up their socks and stop greedy supermarkets and milk processors from milking farmers, by offering them a take-it-or-leave-it price for their produce?

Hard-working farmers are supposed to spread muck, not to have it thrown at them.

Ken Holmes, Cliffe Common, Selby.

Comments(1)

Matt_S says...
6:32pm Tue 10 Jul 12

Most of the EU's budget goes on the Common Agricultural Policy, which supports farmers. Not really sure they need more support.

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