Icy blockade

Dairy sector struggles with icy blockade

'The milk industry is struggling to recover from a week when dairy farmers were forced to pour milk away as wintry weather prevented tankers from reaching farms.'

http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2010/12/06/124633/Dairy-sector-struggles-with-icy-blockade.htm

Snow stories: 100,000 litres of organic milk dumped because of bad weather

'A company which supplies more than 80 per cent of organic milk to British supermarkets could be forced to dump more than 100,000 litres due to the severe weather.'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/6947078/Snow-stories-100000-litres-of-organic-milk-dumped-because-of-bad-weather.html

If planning permission is granted by NKDC, how will Nocton Dairies cope with their huge quantities of milk, should inclement weather patterns cause disruption on UK roads next winter resulting in non-collection?

With a routing agreement restricting milk tankers to B-roads (B1188 and B1178), I doubt if these vehicles would have been able to get through to the Nocton Heath site, had the dairy been up and running, resulting in massive wastage and problems with disposal.

Farmers are struggling with acidiosis problems

'Last year, reports from DairyCo indicated that as many as half of all UK dairy cows are thought to be suffering from sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) and consultants stress the problem is no better this year.'

http://www.farminguk.com/news/Farmers-are-struggling-with-acidiosis-problems_19351.html