Over the Farm Gate podcast: No return to cheap milk

Arla's Global vice president of agriculture Graham Wilkinson shares his insight into the global dairy market, his optimism about the future of dairy despite cost of living and on-farm pressures

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
clock • 1 min read
Over the Farm Gate podcast: No return to cheap milk

With recent reductions in milk prices and input costs staying high, it is an uncertain time for dairy farmers.

Farmers Guardian's Rachael Brown sat down with Arla's Global Vice President of Agriculture Graham Wilkinson to chat about trends in the global dairy market, the current economic climate for dairy farmers and the cost pressures on-farm, and how reverting back to cheap milk cannot be an option. 

 

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