We have spent a lovely day at Garstang Agriculture Show & in spite of a quick shower just after this photo was taken it was a hot sunny day.
This is a photo of the Grand Parade with all the animals lining up for their rosettes. I was interested to see the white cow which has SOS Dairy written on her side.
This is with reference to the appalling price that dairy farmers are getting for a litre of milk ....sometimes less than a bottle of water.
We know personally we used to sell our milk for less than it cost to produce & farmers do this as long as they can because they love their jobs & way of life.
The trouble is that some farmers are on a special price for that supermarket as long as you adhere to various regulations ie it is a family farm or you use the feed they want you to, but others who aren't picked for this scheme just get the bog standard price which is not fair at all.
The demonstrations & picketing at the wholesalers does seem to be working & Asda & Morrisons have put the price up for the next few months.
Hopefully things will improve & we can stem the flow of dairy farmers leaving the industry.
Our two sons are both farming in New Zealand now & we were sad to see them go but don't blame them one bit!
Its dreadful, all the fault of the supermarkets who seem to dictate the price, i don't know how any farmers survive these days, lovely shot, really interesting BUT how did your photos do?!!
@fannyb I got so carried away there on my soap box I forgot all about the photo competition, I got one first & two thirds & won the grand total of £5 !
I also entered another competition in the local newspaper & the final 10 picked by vote go through to the judges to pick a winner , voting for that ended yesterday so this Friday I should learn if I have got to the final ten! I have high hopes as some of the photos were awful & did not come out well in newsprint.
Great shot! And you are so right about the price of milk issue! Hope the writing will wash off the white cow!
Glad we can have some choice in whose milk we buy up here!
We have much the same thing happenning here. I'm terrified of the day when we will have to start importing milk because all our dairy farmers have been driven to the wall. On the other hand I really like this shot.
It's a fe wears since I've been there. I think the dairy farmers are treated terribly - as are banana farmers abroad. I buy my milk from Waitrose who at least pay a fair price I believe.
Very good capture. You can see the rain coming in the sky. Farming is tremendously misunderstood by a majority of the population. Though not a farmer myself, I was born and raised in a dairy farm area, and knew members of dairy farm families.
August 5th, 2012
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I also entered another competition in the local newspaper & the final 10 picked by vote go through to the judges to pick a winner , voting for that ended yesterday so this Friday I should learn if I have got to the final ten! I have high hopes as some of the photos were awful & did not come out well in newsprint.
Glad we can have some choice in whose milk we buy up here!