For the first time on record, the number of dairy farms in Great Britain has fallen below 7,000. Just 6,850 producers remain — a 15% reduction in only five years.
As a result, average milk production per farm has risen to nearly 1.9 million litres a year, up 300,000 litres since 2021. Smaller farms are disappearing, larger ones are expanding, and the middle is being squeezed out.
The drivers are familiar: falling milk prices, forage shortages, and rising input costs from inflation. Meanwhile, the government continues to talk about “supporting farmers” while its policies and legislative overreach appear to be accelerating their exit.
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