UK farmers
Yesterday the National Farmers Union (NFU) said the number of British dairy farms has halved since 2002, falling to 9,960 thanks to a combination of falling prices and rising costs.
The price of milk is at 20p per litre, its lowest level since 2007, but production costs have increased by 36% over the same period. NFU's research found that 60 dairy producers gave up in December 2014 alone and that at the current rate there will only be 5,000 left by 2025.
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