Action is paramount as production costs have now all but eaten away any benefit in margins

摘要

Confidence levels are fragile and the industry is as finely balanced as it was in the bad old days of 18-19ppl. Costs of production have risen so high, so fast, that a price touching 30ppl is now required in order to make ends meet and to leave some margin over to reinvest. The situation is particularly serious for level supply producers, as the gap between those who produce milk all year round compared to those who do so seasonally is now over 4ppl.