Sheep farmers launch #NoLambWeek price campaign
I’m never sure where these sort of protests get farmers. However as with many commodities seems like the producer is being “fleeced” along with the consumer. Excuse the pun!!!
Sheep farmers in the UK plan to stop selling lamb for a week in August as part of a protest against low prices paid to producers.
The social media campaign, called #NoLambWeek, has been launched to create awareness among the public about the crash of farmers’ return on lamb.
Lamb prices are 30% down on last year and this month reached their lowest price for six years.
But while farmers’ share of the retail price has dropped from 60% last June to 50% this year, on the supermarket shelves the price has only dropped by 6%.
It is understood the idea for #NoLambWeek, which will run from 1-7 August, was started by a group of farmers who met at the Royal Welsh Show last week.