Farmers take to road in milk protest

Farmers across the country blocked motorways with tractors on Monday to protest against low prices they are being paid for milk. One of the biggest protests was in the central Vysočina region where around 400 tractors and lorries blocked the central D1 motorway. Farmers are currently being paid around six crowns for a litre of milk which is sold in shops for three times as much. A year ago they were paid nine crowns. The agricultural chamber has warned that up to 20,000 cows might have to be slaughtered because dairy farmers can not make ends meet.