Netherlands: dairy cattle balance under pressure due to more expensive feed and lower prices
Cow Milk
Netherlands
Published Dec 25, 2020
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The balance of the standardized dairy farm amounted to 12,500 euros in November 2020. This balance is 13 percent lower than the same month of the previous year due to higher feed costs, a lower milk price and livestock prices, Wageningen Economic Research reports.
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The milk price (excluding supplements, but including provisional supplementary payment) shows a fairly stable development over 2019 and early 2020, between 34.5 and 36.70 euros per 100 kilos. In May the milk price fell below 33 euros for the first time. In the summer the milk price rose steadily and in October and November it amounted to 34.4 euros per 100 kilos. Nevertheless, the balance in November is 26 percent below the level of the ten-year average for the month and 13 percent below the level of November 2019. This is due to higher feed costs, a lower milk price and lower livestock prices. The standardized farm is a farm of 102 dairy cows with an average milk production of 8,980 liters per cow. Concentrate price The concentrate price was higher in 2019 than in 2018. The increase continued until June 2020. After that it fell slightly, but showed an increase again in November. On balance, the concentrate price up to and including November 2020 is almost 2.5 percent higher than ...
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