Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
I doubt that the figures were too accurate across the board from all farmers and I fail to see how a snap shot over 12 months at a very low milk price is an accurate representation of the dairy industry in Wales as a whole.
AHDB are actively trying to promote block calving - when the majority of dairy farmers are AYR in any case and for some, eg robotic farms such as mine, have to be AYR in order to maximise the automation. As a levy payer, I am not overly chuffed at their direction of travel
That's the whole point. It is a snapshot of the state of the industry over a 24 month period and an useful tool for individuals to compare themselves to the rest.
I have no issue whatsoever with this exercise and its a bit of an eye-opener to many I'm sure. I'm sure you have guessed from my previous posting history that its no surprise to me. Well, that's not quite true, in that the extent of losses incurred on a large number of units is quite astounding and a good bit worse than I had calculated. However, I'm sure you can confirm that I am using the figures resulting from the benchmarking and its not something I did on the back of a postage stamp.