DFB in special adjustment

摘要

Dairy Farmers of Britain has announced a special one-off adjustment to its spring seasonally scheme for 2008 to compensate members for any knock-on effects from last year's poor summer. This will involve temporarily raising the base from which March and April seasonality deductions are calculated from the standard 100% of rolling annual production (RAP) to 105%. "Many members saw yields reduced last summer due to the atrocious weather," explained membership director, Matt Sheehan. "As a result, the rolling average production on which their seasonality payments are based may well have fallen quite significantly.