There is no easy answer, no silver Bullet, one for all answer and you will never get Farmers to stick together and even the Coops they form are very mediocre.What I think can be done is firstly to cut all costs to the Bone that will give the Business time for the Market to recover and time is the bottom line on the equation.
Next especially with the Dairy Industry cut the Production do not feed any Concentrates if you are on Bottom price for your Milk,Grass in the Summer good Silage and rolled Barley or Oats for the Winter.Instead of losing money on every Gallon make money on two or three Gallons.Keep Calves on their Mothers for a Month so that they command a much better price with Milk at 15p a litre a Calf putting on two pounds a Day will probably quadruple that price.
As a Farmer you do not have a big Shout in the community in terms of numbers but there are a huge number of people in the Food Chain after the Farm Gate that are affected very much from Grain Traders, International and National Machinery,Chemical Manufactures and Agents for every aspect of the Agri Business and Bankers in London to small Hauliers and Agricultural supply firms in the country.Therefore your Voice does have a big sway especially with your Local MP and you may think he is useless etc,etc but all MP’s are playing the Game of “Staying in the Job” and when they get half a dozen letters or more on one Subject and speak to their Pals and they have the same letters on their Doorsteps they will sit up and do something if they can.This situation has been compounded by the Demon in the Camp the EU.They are ones who set Sanctions against Russia and now a Billion pounds of Dairy and Pig Busness has been suspended with Russia due to the EU.This does not affect the likes of Hungary ,Bulgaria,Estonia etc,etc but they have voted for it in the Commisson and the problem is the Uk’s.Now we can all see how being an Independant Nation is so essential to us. WRITE TO YOUR MP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!