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Signs of milk price anger at the Yorkshire Show

By Mike Stones, 10-Jul-2012

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Anger, bitterness and frustration about two big cuts in producers' milk prices found expression in the form of protest signs at this week's Great Yorkshire Show, head of a big rally in London tomorrow (July 11). Here's a flavour of the protests - in pictures.

Yorkshire farmers' determination to reject some producer prices that, they claim, are up to 5p below their cost of production, was much in evidence at the show.

About 400 producers attended a protest meeting in Scotland yesterday (July 9).

Up to 1,500 disgruntled producers are expected to attend a protest meeting in London tomorrow with food and farming minister Jim Paice.