Large or small scale?

Large-scale dairying still has a future

'DESPITE the lack of success of Nocton Dairies’ planned proposal earlier this year, David Alvis of Winstone Agribusiness Consulting said there was still a future for large-scale dairying in the UK and a good opportunity for producers to make the most of rising demand for dairy products.'

http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/livestock/livestock-news/large-scale-dairying-still-has-a-future/40531.article

Pictured: The horrifying moment a ‘surplus’ calf was shot in the head with a pistol on dairy farm that supplies Cadbury with milk

'This is the horrifying moment a 'useless' calf was taken from its mother and shot in the head at a dairy farm in Bristol.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019306/Farm-provides-Cadburys-milk-shoots-surplus-calf-head.html

Smaller dairy herds have scope for big savings

'Smaller-scale dairy producers can control costs just as effectively as those running larger herds, according to DairyCo.'

http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2011/06/10/127265/Smaller-dairy-herds-have-scope-for-big-savings.htm

Nocton Dairies

The website for Nocton Dairies is no longer active.

http://noctondairies.co.uk/index.html

For details of the successful campaign against the plans for the mega dairy, please visit:

http://www.caffo.co.uk/

High principles turn a big profit

'... in an unexpected volte-face, Nocton Dairies withdrew its application to build a vast mega-dairy in Lincolnshire containing Britain’s first “battery cows”.'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/geoffrey-lean/8334725/High-principles-turn-a-big-profit.html

Mega-dairies ‘bad for business’: Deborah Meaden


'Mega-dairies filled with battery cows are not the answer to Britain’s dairy industry crisis, according to leading businesswoman and TV celebrity Deborah Meaden.'

http://www.wspa.org.uk/latestnews/2011/Mega_dairies_bad_for_business.aspx
 
Dragons' Den star calls for dairy farm debate


'Dragons' Den businesswoman Deborah Meaden is backing calls for an industry-wide debate about large-scale dairying.'

http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2011/09/09/128920/Dragons39-Den-star-calls-for-dairy-farm-debate.htm

WSPA hits back at DairyCo criticism

'THE World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has reacted angrily to claims by Dairyco that Deborah Meaden’s comments relating to mega-dairies were “astionishingly naive”.'

http://www.farmersguardian.com/news/wspa-hits-back-at-dairyco-criticism/41530.article
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