Dairy and Business

Farmers must deal with excess heifers to solve the issue, said Ben Williams, of Leprino Foods

As former NFU dairy board chair Michael Oakes embarks on a new challenge in beef, FG's chief reporter Rachael Brown speaks to him about leaving dairy and the future of the sector

On average, profits are predicted to rise to £590/cow. That is according to the annual Milk Cost of Production report by Old Mill and the Farm Consultancy Group

Profits on dairy farms were forecast to plunge by more than a half this milk year, as lower prices and stubbornly high costs combine, warned accountants Old Mill and the Farm Consultancy Group at this week's Dairy Show

Farmers must change their mindset and focus on the ‘economics of the farm', or risk an ‘unsustainable and unviable future', a consultant warns