Industry leaders agreed to the voluntary code at the end of August following months of talks with processors and farmers’ representatives. The code is designed to ensure balance in contractual terms for all parties.
NFU dairy board chairman Mansel Raymond said: “I am delighted that this important initiative is ready to use following months of hard work on all sides.
“The NFU has championed the need for improving dairy contracts and we’re very pleased that at long last there is light at the end of the tunnel so we can move forward with the industry on a robust and ambitious strategy for the dairy sector.
“We will now be pressing ahead with a number of briefings up and down the country so dairy farmers and processors can see the many beneficial terms of this code translated into beneficial terms in milk supply contracts.”
Source: NFU
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