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 51AVÊÓƵConsultancy 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 51AVÊÓƵConsultancy 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