Dairy farmers fear for survival as price of milk plummets

Some dairy farmers could struggle to survive the coronavirus pandemic, and many are already working at a loss.

Following the closure of restaurants and cafes across the country hitting dairy farmers hard, leaving them with an uncertain future.

Medina Dairy have been forced to cut the price they can pay for milk due to the coronavirus crisis along with the lack of demand due to the lockdown.

Dairy farmers who supply Medina Dairy will see a two pence per litre reduction of the standard litre price starting from 1May.

Many dairy farmers are being forced to dump thousands of gallons of fresh milk production of cheese and the demand has fallen to an all-time low.