Higher prices could help reverse dairy decline

摘要

Higher prices should encourage efficient dairy farmers to increase production and reverse the recent decline in UK milk output, provided the industry adapts. This forecast came from market analysts and industry experts at the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Outlook conference in Westminster last week (27 April). High commodity prices should give dairy farmers good reason to be confident, DairyCo market intelligence manager, David Swales, said. "The price for butter is at recordlevels of around 3,250/t. Skimmed milk powder is at 2,200/t and continues to rise."