Record October GB milk production

AHDB Dairy estimates confirm Octobers GB farmgate milk output stands at 1.04 billion litres which sets a new record since records were collated in 1998.  This has surprised most analysts including AHDB whose October production forecast was smashed by a tasty 40 million litres/1.3 million litres day equivalent to a 4% jump.

Meanwhile mainland Europe milk production for September was up 0.5% with Belgium, Holland, Poland, Germany, Southern Ireland and France all now increasing.