Dairy Talk: Tom Rawson - 'While margins on organic arable are not healthy, the opportunity to blend down the average price of bought in meal by £200 per tonne is relatively exciting'

The news of the sudden passing of dairy industry analyst Ian Potter was certainly a shock.

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Dairy Talk: Tom Rawson - 'While margins on organic arable are not healthy, the opportunity to blend down the average price of bought in meal by £200 per tonne is relatively exciting'

The news of the sudden passing of dairy industry analyst Ian Potter was certainly a shock. As a kid my first memory of going to a farmers meeting with my dad, put on by the then Midland Bank, was Ian...

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