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Economic Losses - Organic Dairy Farmers Fear for the Future

Graham Watson

20th April 2022

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The cost of living crisis has impacted the organic dairy farming sector more harshly than most - because the cost of organic foodstuffs has risen and the price that they are getting for their products.

A double whammy - a squeeze on revenues and rising costs. It's the sort of diagram that the able student should be looking to draw as a good way of practising their Microeconomics.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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