article_snippet.sent: However, British farmers are likely to find the price British farmers are paid by supermarkets is driven down, which will be particularly difficult for smaller family businesses.
article_snippet.sent: Dairy farmers have been under severe pressure in the past year as the result of a global glut in milk and a supermarket price war that drove down the price of a pint, making it cheaper than some bottled water.
article_snippet.sent: Some dairy processors have starting to raise farm gate prices recently, however farmers remain concerned the end of quotas could bring enormous price swings.
article_snippet.sent: Chairman of the dairy board at the National Farmers’ Union, Rob Harrison, has urged all EU countries to act responsibly and collectively in order to manage future volatility.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Harrison said: ‘Farmers and dairy processors here do have some concerns about how other EU countries will react to the ending of quotas.
article_snippet.sent: With milk prices yet to show any strong signs of recovery, this could push farmgate milk prices down further in EU, and stall any recovery in the dairy markets.
article_snippet.sent: Dairy farmers have been under severe pressure in the past year as the result of a global glut in milk and a supermarket price war that drove down the price of a pint, making it cheaper than some bottled water .
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this week, some European farmer groups mounted a protest over the changes outside the European Parliament in Brussels, which involved a funeral march the lighting of a warning fire.
article_snippet.sent: The European Milk Board, a federation of dairy farmers with member organisations from 13 countries, said it was likely that the market would not be able to cope with significantly expanded production in a reasonable way.
article_snippet.sent: the market president, Romuald Schaber, said the changes are a particular threat to small dairy farmers, who tend to have higher costs.
article_snippet.sent: Prices will be rock-bottom, as Europe’s farmers will have even less market power to achieve a cost-covering milk price in the future.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Maria Heubuch, an MEP for the Greens, warned about the loss of small farmers.
article_snippet.sent: Brussels will have the power to buy-in butter and skimmed milk powder at a guaranteed figure if there is over-supply, which will shore up the price.
highlights_snippet.sent: Could drive down prices for British farmers who are already squeezed .