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Herd performance protects milk margins

A year of unprecedented changes in the prices of milk and the cost in producing it have highlighted the importance of maintaining herd health and performance

Cedric Porter
Business Reporter
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Herd performance protects milk margins

It comes as margins were under pressure as milk prices dropped. "Average milk prices began the 2022/23 milk year in April at 36.9 pence a litre, peaked at 51.0ppl in December, before falling back to...

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