date:Dec 28, 2012
or harvesting in soggy conditions, according to figures by Dairy Group.
Dairy Group managing director Ian Powell was quoted by BBC as saying, Being a dairy farmer is a challenging business at the best of times and never more so than in 2012.
Average feed cost has soared by 6/t to 224/t making the dairy farmers feel the repercussions of the weather for at least another year.
However, the government figures reports the yield is about 7,315 liters per cow per year, which is well above the Europe