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Trump takes the shine off a strong dairy market

UK milk production is running at record levels, with prices holding up so far, but there is uncertainty on the global market caused by the simmering trade war following Donald Trump's tariff announcements

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Trump takes the shine off a strong dairy market

The 2024/25 milk year saw a record 1.512 billion litres of milk produced in the UK, according to Defra, which was 1.6% more than in 2023/24 and more than 2 billion litres higher than in the early 2010s....

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