British farmers pour milk into the sewer

Published 2021년 9월 24일

Tridge summary

Brexit has led to a shortage of truck drivers in the UK, resulting in milk being poured into sewers due to a lack of transportation. Farmers are under pressure to find new suppliers and solutions, with some delivering milk directly to consumers to avoid waste. The situation is causing concern for the farmers' union and the British government, with the industry expected to provide most of the solutions. Progress is being made in testing and recruiting new staff, with expectations of wage increases and improved working conditions.
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They don’t know what to do with milk on some British farms. Due to the lack of a truck driver, milk is literally poured into the sewer. "They called me once that they couldn't take the milk," said a farmer. Henry Bloxham, a farmer in Staffordshire, is already experiencing the consequences of Brexit on a daily basis. “If the milk isn’t taken away, we have to pour it down the drain, so that was a little surprising. A crazy rush began to try to find another supplier for the milk. There’s a lot of pressure on every farmer to try to handle these things, and we don’t have the money to try to respond to that, ”the farmer said. 70 miles north of here, in the heart of the Peak District, an organic farm of Jersey cows was also forced to change its transportation methods. By omitting the intermediary, they take the milk out to the consumers themselves. - We deliver directly to our customers. We take our milk to the families table. We have taken our destiny into our own hands, ”said farm ...
Source: HuEuroNews

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