date:Jul 24, 2012
has the right to quit the contract with three months' notice. Further conditions include the ability for farmers to supply more than one processor.
The UK's Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs, which brokered the talks, said the main points of a code of practice had been agreed. The finer details would be finalised by the end of August, it added.
Farming minister Jim Paice said: The Government will continue to work with all parts of the industry to secure its long-term f