Farmers to cull 'unproductive cows' to cut costs

Name: Farmers to cull 'unproductive cows' to cut costs
Uploaded: 2015-08-27T13:10:50.000Z
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Description: Farmers say they have started culling unproductive cows in an attempt to cut costs as they face a sustained slump in milk prices.

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Farmers say they have started culling unproductive cows in an attempt to cut costs as they face a sustained slump in milk prices.

They met to discuss prospects for an industry under serious pressure at the Ulster Farmers' Union dairy stakeholder summit.

BBC News NI Agriculture Correspondent Conor Macauley reports.

Northern Ireland

27 August 2015