§ 24. Mr. Colvinasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the profit margins for milk producers have dropped during the last year.
§ Mr. MacGregorWe expect the profitability of milk production in the United Kingdom to be lower in 1983–84 than in 1982–83. This largely reflects the adverse weather in the spring and the summer which depressed milk yield per cow and increased feeding costs.