Date posted: 04/08/12
RURAL FUNDINGOn Wednesday, you reported on the announcement of £3.2m of funding for the rural economy under the Rural Growth Network initiative. This is very good news for the rural economy of the North East and we will be only one of five such areas to benefit from this initiative.
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FAIR PRICE FOR MILKCredit where credit is due, so congratulations to Guy Opperman MP for his sterling efforts in standing up for our beleaguered dairy farmers. It cannot be right that some supermarkets are insisting on paying a price some 20% below the costs of production. There is no point in anybody claiming that dairy farmers should be more efficient to meet these prices. It is only the most efficient that are left.
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