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Dairy Farming

Written question asked by Toby Perkins (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 23 January 2015. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of milk sold in Britain comes from intensively farmed cows.

Answer

Defra does not collect information on systems of milk production. It is difficult to define intensity in relation to dairy farms, as this can be measured in many different ways and levels of intensity change gradually rather than at specific predetermined points.

Type
Written question
Reference
221564
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Contains statistics
Yes
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