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Farming Today: 15/09/22 Organic Milk, Rare Breed Goats, Grazing to Arable

15/09/22 Organic Milk, Rare Breed Goats, Grazing to Arable

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Concerns for organic dairy as input costs rise faster than price of milk.

Concerns for organic dairy as input costs rise faster than price of milk. And the business of breeding rare goats.

There are fears Organic dairy farmers will leave the sector as they say the rising cost of production isn't being reflected in the price they're paid for their milk. Since the cost of production has risen, farmers have been getting much higher prices for dairy, but some who run Organic productions say their margins have risen even more - and that is not being taken into account. 

A new study suggests converting livestock farms into arable could see regular crops fail to grow. The study from Rothamsted Research and SRUC looked at land in the South West of England to see what might happen as society shifts towards more plant-based diets.  

And as we continue our week talking about goats, our reporter visits farmer Nicola Knott, who has developed a business selling rare types of goats for breeding. 

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