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Dairy farmers blockade Muller factory at Market Drayton Dairy farmers blockade Muller factory at Market Drayton
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Up to 30 people including dairy farmers have blockaded a Muller factory in Shropshire. Up to 30 farmers are blockading a dairy in the Midlands in protest over falling milk prices.
The Market Drayton protest, organised by Farmers for Action, is part of a campaign to get a better deal on the price they are paid for their milk. They are demonstrating at Muller's plant in Market Drayton with other protests reported at Robert Wiseman milk plants in the area.
Tractors and trailers blocked two entrances on Friday evening. The action, organised by Farmers for Action (FFA), is part of a campaign to get a better deal on the price they are paid for milk.
A Farmers for Action spokesman said it expected to blockade the site until 02:00 or 03:00 BST on Saturday depending on negotiations with Muller. A spokesman for Muller UK said the farmers' action was unlawful.
'Gentle reminder' Tractors and trailers blocked two entrances at the Muller factory on Friday evening.
About 20 or 30 people were estimated to be involved, BBC reporter Kate Tebby said. A FFA spokesman said it expected to blockade the site until 02:00 or 03:00 BST on Saturday depending on negotiations with Muller.
'Going bust'
Farmer Paul Rowbottom, from Farmers for Action, described the action as a "gentle reminder".Farmer Paul Rowbottom, from Farmers for Action, described the action as a "gentle reminder".
He said: "People are going to go bust. They're getting paid about 25p a litre and it's costing 31p a litre to produce it.He said: "People are going to go bust. They're getting paid about 25p a litre and it's costing 31p a litre to produce it.
"All the supermarkets and dairies have got to get the price back to the farmer."All the supermarkets and dairies have got to get the price back to the farmer.
"There would be a 24-hour shutdown in the future if they don't come and give us the money."There would be a 24-hour shutdown in the future if they don't come and give us the money.
"We'll just keep going one by one [with protests] until they get the message.""We'll just keep going one by one [with protests] until they get the message."
A spokesman for Muller UK, which also owns Robert Wiseman Dairies, said: "Milk prices are depressed throughout Europe and against that backdrop we continue to work to maximise the market price we can pay.
"We understand dairy farmers' frustrations and have no issue with peaceful protests but action which blockades roads is unlawful and serves no purpose other than to place an extra burden on staff who work for the company."
Hundreds of protesters
FFA has staged several protests at supermarkets and milk processors over planned price cuts of up to 2p a litre.
About 300 dairy farmers blockaded the Arla Foods factory in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, on Thursday.
On 6 August, farmers blockaded Farmfoods depots in Cheshire and the West Midlands.
Four days earlier, hundreds of protesters blockaded two supermarket milk distribution centres in Warrington and Northwich in Cheshire.
Last month dairy farmers used tractors and trailers to blockade a dairy in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, and demos have also been held in Derbyshire, Somerset and Yorkshire.