Loading ...NFU anger at Dairy UK chairman replacement
The NFU has taken a strong stand over the replacement of David Curry (Tory MP) as independent Chairman of Dairy UK.
Gwyn Jones, NFU Dairy Board Chairman and board member of Dairy UK, has also resigned his board position with Dairy UK over the decision.
The NFU will no longer have an involvement in or support Dairy UK as an organisation because by appointing a dairy processor as Chairman they have essentially moved away from supporting the dairy industry as a whole.
NFU president Peter Kendall said: “Irrespective of the personalities, the decision to move away from an independent chairman means that Dairy UK cannot claim it represents the whole of the dairy industry”
“We do not believe now that Dairy UK can make any claim to represent farmers. For this reason we are taking the decision to withdraw our involvement and I have asked Gwyn Jones to resign as a director of the board. I want to stress that the NFU will continue to voice the views and opinions of its farming members.”
“We will continue to have positive and frank dialogue with dairy processors about how to ensure a successful British milk industry, but we will do so outside of Dairy UK.”
If nothing else this is a bad move politically and certainly won’t make Dairy UK many friends in the farming industry.
It will be interesting to watch Dairy UK over the coming months and see which direction the new Chairman takes them.
I wonder if they will now change their slogan Dairy UK : Voice of the Dairy Industry to Dairy UK : Voice of the Dairy processors”?
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