The real reason milk prices are so low

The recent wave of strikes and blockades by British dairy farmers has highlighted the growing trend for the market for agricultural produce to be controlled by the major supermarkets. The buying power of these vast enterprises and the collaborative way that they operate, in contravention of monopoly regulations and ethical business practices highlights an underlying governmental position with regard to UK agriculture in general and the position of the UK in Europe in particular. The background to this can be seen in the current vassilation of the UK prime minister David Cameron over a referendum on Britains membership of the European Union. It is well known that many people in the UK feel that we would be better off withdrawing from the European Union and standing alone. This does not suit the purpose of our political elite since the banking sector and its supporting infrastructure service companies are making vast amounts of money from work with the newer European states, as well as the markets of Eastern Europe. It is abundantly clear that the last thing David Cameron wants is a withdrawal from Europe, so by allowing supermarkets to force down the price of agricultural products it forces farmers to rely on subsidies provided by the European Union.

What this essentially means is that without Europe our agricultural sector would collapse leaving is at the mercy of global food markets. This comes on top of the drive to shift as many farmers as possible to producing none food crops, such as oil seed and animal fodder crops, as well as taking productive land out of cultivation. There can be little doubt that behind all this we are seeing the clearest evidence of the hand of the real ruling elite. What other reason can there be for the President of the National Farmers Union (NFU) to support the development of “Superfarms” essentially a return to the vast scale factory farms of the 1970's where production of meat and dairy products is refined and controlled in artificial environments. The way in which the agricultural sector has been manipulated over the last thirty years is an example of the drive to control the most basic aspects of our daily life, particularly our food and drink production. By controlling what we eat it is far easier for the elite to control how we act, how we think, our health, everything. Look at the way in which the nutrient contents of our basic food stuffs has changed over that period. We now have a situation in the UK where it is perfectly possible to eat a balanced healthy diet with plenty of vegetables and fruit, and still to be obese and nutritionally deficient.

Milk now has less calcium and more sugar than it did thirty years ago, vegetables have more sugar and less vitamins and minerals, meat products have less minerals and nutrients and more sugar, and that is before you get to the chemical additives. Add to this the quiet introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops and you have a perfect storm developing where farmers are being forced by the need to reduce costs and qualify for subsidies to produce only those foodstuffs that contribute to the weakening and subjugating of society as a whole. Why else do you think that there is a constant crusade against small farmers, and specialist producers? Small farmers tend to farm in more traditional ways, often organically with far less reliance on artificial inputs and often using heritage crops and animal breeds. These are anathema to the ruling elite as they allow ordinary people an opportunity to eat good healthy food, and that's no good, now is it? Far better if we all eat McDonalds and drink Starbucks coffee, right?

Our farmers are being forced out of business at a faster rate than at any other point in history, and their farmers are being bought up and merged into super farms owned and operated by investment bankers. Now you know at least part of the reason why.