date:Jun 30, 2012
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He added:It is expected that Wiseman this morning will announce a reduction in the price paid to farmers for raw milkby about 1.7p. We would expect both the other major processors, Arla and Dairy Crest, to follow suit shortly.
Within the dairies business competition remains intense but the pressures have abated with cream prices increasing recently, albeit marginally, and HDPE[plastics]and diesel costs have also fallen from recent peaks.
Black and Shirley also noted that Robert Wiseman D