Making profits with Dairy Cows & Quotas

This book by Gordon Throup, co-author of the succesful book Dairy Farm Business Management, combines his unique experiences as an academic in Devon und Durham, a farm business consultant and milk quota agent in Staffordshire, and a partner in a 200 cow dairy farm in south Derbyshire.

The first section deals in a clear and concise way with the principles of dairy farming as a business and explains in detail the implication of quotas, including sheep and beef as well as milk.

The second section moves on to 'making it happen', in other words, making profits, and includes topics such as taxation, the future of milk quotas, dairy farming prospects, negotiation with bankers and retiring from, as well as getting started in farming.

It is packed with profit-making ideas gained from the author's wide experience in the business of dairy farming.

This book is very timely and includes a proscript on selling and marketing milk in the post-MMB era and is a must for anyone involved with the business of dairy farming.