In April, Mr. Ramini was convinced that he'd solved the milk problem and started learning how to make the cheese.

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The first minister said that the decision was "disappointing" and stressed that bovine TB was a "serious problem for the milk industry in Wales and had led to the culling of thousands of cattle in recent years".

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The problem is, the milk quota on the table today is based on Estonia's output during the lean times.

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But I feel that within a week or so there will be very few farmers adding stuff to the milk and probably the problem will die down.

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Another problem is that farmers are deciding not to rear replacement cows for their herds, putting future milk supplies under threat.

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