The NFU has described the Efra Select Committee Report on the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Britain as offering sound, sensible and balanced recommendations for a strengthened dairy sector. Efra concludes that the co-operatives members were badly let down by its senior management, and backs up the explanations offered by the receivers, PriceWaterhouseCooopers (PWC) as to why DFB collapsed. Commenting on the report, NFU dairy board chairman Gwyn Jones said: “Despite this inquiry being a drawn out affair, Efra has made a number of positive recommendations, which if adopted have the ability to strengthen the British dairy industry and this can only be welcomed. I am particularly encouraged to see that Efra has included many of the recommendations offered by the NFU in its report, most notably recognising the need to have properly trained, skilled and supported farmer directors and emphasising the potential to improve milk contracts to significantly strengthen farmers positions.