I note with interest today a story that a company whose shareholders are 3000 dairy farmers accounting for primary production of 16% of the UK milk output is buying the cheese businesses of Dairy Crest.

What goes around comes around perhaps? Remember that company Associated Dairies, now known as ASDA. It was of course once upon a time a co-operative of dairy farmers. I hope they succeed in taking some market influence back from the supermarkets.