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Promar Milkminder dairy costings
Updated 5 March 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).
Table 1. Monthly averages for December 2025 on stock, milk production/prices, feed and margins with change and percentage change
| Monthly averages | Units | Dec-25 | Dec-24 | Change | % Change | |
| Stock | Cows in herd | head | 220 | 219 | 0 | 0.1% |
| Cows in milk | head | 192 | 192 | 0 | -0.1% | |
| % Cows in milk | % | 87.29 | 87.48 | -0.19 | – | |
| Milk production and prices | Total milk produced | litres | 178,338 | 168,847 | 9,491 | 5.6% |
| Yield per cow in milk | litres/day | 30.02 | 28.40 | 1.62 | 5.7% | |
| Yield from grazed forage | litres/day | – | – | na | na | |
| Yield from all forage | litres/day | 6.54 | 6.49 | 0.05 | 0.8% | |
| Milk price | ppl | 38.86 | 45.86 | -6.99 | -15.2% | |
| Feed | Total milk value | £ | 69,308 | 77,425 | -8,117 | -10.5% |
| Concentrate use | kg/litre | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 1.0% | |
| Concentrate price | £/tonne | 289 | 300 | -11 | -3.8% | |
| Feed cost | ppl | 11.46 | 11.71 | -0.25 | -2.1% | |
| Margins | Margin over purchased feed | ppl | 27.41 | 34.15 | -6.74 | -19.7% |
| Margin over purchased feed | £/cow | 223 | 263 | -40 | -15.3% | |
Figure 1. Line graph detailing the average dairy milk yeild and milk from forage up to December 2025 for the last 2 years by month
Source: Promar
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Figure 2. Line graph detailing monthly margins over feed cost up to December 2025 for the last 2 years by month
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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