Comments on: Senion team from HIE are in Kintyre meeting business leaders http://forargyll.com/2009/03/senion-team-from-hie-are-in-kintyre-meeting-business-leaders/ Thu, 24 May 2012 13:47:20 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kintyre1http://forargyll.com/2009/03/senion-team-from-hie-are-in-kintyre-meeting-business-leaders/#comment-999 kintyre1 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:39:34 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=8883#comment-999 as a milk supplier to campbeltown creamery , i was amazed to read of 'expansion plans' at campbeltown creamery . dairy farming is in decline throughout the uk and argyll and bute is no exception . the present creamery is running well below its capacity , with milk having to be brought in from as far away as ayrshire at times . the number of dairy farms , the number of dairy cows , and the amount of milk produced locally have fallen steeply in recent years , the areas milk quota is millions of litres short of being filled and milk prices paid to farmers have already been cut three times since january 09 to below the cost of production for most thus production is set to decline not increase . i thought the idea of a new creamery , which producers were informed would be fully operational by november 2009 ( see campbeltown courier website for confirmation ) was to be more efficient ie better matched to the available milk supply therefore a downsized creamery with a greatly reduced workforce . almost everyone involved in kintyres dairy industry accepts a modern milk processing plant will require a vastly slimmed down number of workers . those who argued that the retention of milk quota ring fencing would retain milk production in the islands area should accept the policy has been a failure and get on with building a pint sized creamery to efficiently process the milk available . the wrong headed policy on milk quotas has cost the area dearly in terms of wrecked businesses , fewer jobs and less diversification . as a milk supplier to campbeltown creamery , i was amazed to read of ‘expansion plans’ at campbeltown creamery . dairy farming is in decline throughout the uk and argyll and bute is no exception . the present creamery is running well below its capacity , with milk having to be brought in from as far away as ayrshire at times . the number of dairy farms , the number of dairy cows , and the amount of milk produced locally have fallen steeply in recent years , the areas milk quota is millions of litres short of being filled and milk prices paid to farmers have already been cut three times since january 09 to below the cost of production for most thus production is set to decline not increase .
i thought the idea of a new creamery , which producers were informed would be fully operational by november 2009 ( see campbeltown courier website for confirmation ) was to be more efficient ie better matched to the available milk supply therefore a downsized creamery with a greatly reduced workforce . almost everyone involved in kintyres dairy industry accepts a modern milk processing plant will require a vastly slimmed down number of workers .
those who argued that the retention of milk quota ring fencing would retain milk production in the islands area should accept the policy has been a failure and get on with building a pint sized creamery to efficiently process the milk available . the wrong headed policy on milk quotas has cost the area dearly in terms of wrecked businesses , fewer jobs and less diversification .

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