date:Apr 03, 2013
d in the UK and delivered mixed results, with only a minority benefiting.
An ADF spokesman said one concern was that only farmers who could deliver large volumes of milk and were close to distribution centres, to save on transport costs, would secure contracts.
Woolworths will market milk produced in the contracts under a new brand developed with the farmers involved.
Manning Valley dairy farmer Tim Bale, quoted in Woolworths' press release, said the farmers wanted long-term contracts to give