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Ben Yates manages Mells Park Estate, Somerset, where he oversees a 400-cow unit and manages the 405-ha (1,000 acre) estate. Along with his wife and two sons, Ben has his own small herd of pedigree Holsteins under the Wowcow prefix. He joined the Holstein UK Board of Trustees in 2021

Major processors keep prices steady after months of drops

Despite the current depressed milk market in the UK and beyond, there were still reasons to be optimistic about dairy farming's future said speakers at the dairy breakout session at the NFU Conference

In this episode, the Farmers Guardian team discusses milk prices which have tumbled since Autumn 2025

Auctioneer and partner at GTH, Andrew Clements on dairy’s ups and downs

Some painful decisions are likely to come up for dairy farmers this spring as the consequences of previous profitable years and falling milk prices clash

But industry figures warn of challenges amid growing spring flush over-supply concerns

Dairy farmers continue to feel under pressure as milk prices not set to rise until summer

Milk price reductions over the past few months mean UK dairy farmers are facing the biggest milk crash in history

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones