British dairy farmers march cows down the aisles of an Asda supermarket to protest against low dairy prices.
Farmers cause chaos by marching COWS through busy supermarket as row over the price of milk escalates
Protesters brought two cows into Asda supermarket in Stafford today
Stunt was part of an escalating row over price farmers receive for milk
Footage shows boys walking the cows through the aisles past shoppers
Comes after farmers emptied shelves of milk in a number of other stores
This was the bizarre scene at a supermarket in Staffordshire today after protesting farmers brought their cows through the aisles.
Dairy farmers sparked chaos by walking two Friesians into Asda in Stafford as part of the escalating row over the price they receive for producing milk.
Footage shows two boys leading the cows through the aisles as announcements are made for all managers to report to the shop floor.
A protest spokesman then tells baffled shoppers: 'The reason we are doing this is that milk is far too cheap. It's 89p for four pints.
'We cannot afford to sell milk at this price,' he says, arguing that milk 'should not be cheaper than bottled water'.
One shopper can be heard in the background saying 'I wasn't expecting that.'
The video then shows people emptying shelves of dozens of bottles of milk.
It was the latest stunt in an on-running row over the price farmers are paid by supermarkets for producing milk.
At some stores farmers have bought up all the milk, while in others they have dumped trolleys filled with bottles at checkouts without paying.
The farmers – who have dubbed the protest 'the milk trolley challenge' – have claimed that they are not getting a fair price and are being forced to sell for less than the cost of production.
Last week, Asda in Telford, Shropshire, was targeted as farmers cleared shelves of milk, giving it out to shoppers in the car park.
One farmer, who was handing out milk to shoppers outside the supermarket, said: 'They don't pay us enough for it so we thought we'd come and take it back. Have some pasteurised.'
Morrisons, Tesco, and Lidl have all been hit by the protests in the aisles with farmers organising the action on Facebook.
Branches of Morrisons have already been hit in Bude, Cornwall, and Bideford in north Devon, and the protests spread this week to Kilmarnock in western Scotland.
The protest follows Arla, Britain's biggest milk co-operative, announcing a price cut of 0.8p per litre – meaning it now pays its UK members 23.01p for each litre of milk.
However, farmers say it costs between 30p and 32p to produce a litre of milk, with many smaller producers already being driven into financial difficulties.
A petition on the Houses of Parliament website calling for a minimum milk price for farmers to be imposed has attracted thousands of signatures.
Arla said that it is doing 'everything possible' to help farmers through 'this increasingly tough situation'. A spokesman said: 'Global milk production has consistently and continues to grow faster than global demand.
'These global developments are impacting all dairy markets throughout the world.'
MailOnline has contacted Asda for a comment following today's protest.
