Promar Milkminder dairy costings

Updated 24 July 2026

This data is supplied on a national basis by Promar International, through its Milkminder dairy management tool. It looks at monthly averages on a national basis, annual rolling averages, as well as feed costs and margins over purchased feed (MOPF).

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Table 1. Monthly averages for May 2026 on stock, milk production/prices, feed and margins with change and percentage change

Monthly averages		Units	May-26	May-25	Change	% Change
Stock	Cows in herd	head	223	221	3	1.3%
	Cows in milk	head	201	199	2	1.2%
	% Cows in milk	%	90.17	90.32	-0.15	–
Milk production and prices	Total milk produced	litres	178,625	176,829	1,796	1.0%
	Yield per cow in milk	litres/day	28.60	28.64	-0.05	-0.2%
	Yield from grazed forage	litres/day	9.59	9.09	0.50	5.5%
	Yield from all forage	litres/day	9.60	9.41	0.19	2.1%
	Milk price	ppl	43.48	43.38	0.10	0.2%
Feed	Total milk value	£	77,661	76,704	957	1.2%
	Concentrate use	kg/litre	0.32	0.32	0.00	-1.0%
	Concentrate price	£/tonne	292	291	1	0.2%
	Feed cost	ppl	9.57	9.65	-0.08	-0.8%
Margins	Margin over purchased feed	ppl	33.91	33.73	0.18	0.5%
Margins	Margin over purchased feed	£/cow	271	270	1	0.2%

Source: Promar Milkminder

Figure 1. Line graph detailing the average dairy milk yield and milk from forage up to May 2026 for the last 2 years by month

Line graph for milk yield & milk from forage updated to May 2026.

Source: Promar

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Figure 2. Line graph detailing monthly margins over feed cost up to May 2026 for the last 2 years by month

Line graph for margins over purchased feed costs updated to May 2026.

Source: Promar

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Additional information

While the sample size for this data is relatively large, please bear in mind that it does not necessarily reflect the trends and performance of UK dairy herds. Retrospective adjustments to the data may also occur.

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