Dairy outlook meeting – event summary

David Keiley (SAC Dairy Specialist) opened the meeting by giving an update on the current milk market within Scotland.  This session covered UK farmgate milk production, world production, dairy commodity price trends, production forecasts, price volatility, futures markets and an overview of milk buyer performance.

David went on to introduce two business case studies.  The group were asked to consider a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats) analysis of the two businesses.  The analysis stimulated a lot of ideas and discussion.

Alastair Beattie (SAC Agricultural Consultant) provided an update / recap on CAP greening rules, explaining the circumstances under which Crop Diversification rules and also Ecological Focus Area requirements were triggered.  CAP nutrient management plan requirements were explained.

All delegates were supplied with information packs containing all the reference material required.  Some of which are available to download below.

For further information about this meeting please contact alastair.beattie@sac.co.uk