Given that the quotas are not biting, the reasons for the current low milk prices must be looked for elsewhere.
"The delays have had a negative impact on farmers, many of whom were already experiencing financial difficulties caused by low milk prices and severe flooding".
Until then, dairy farmers say, they are braced for a period of low milk prices even as feed and other costs remain relatively high.
Mr. Hamill's situation resonates for those in the local dairy industry, where low milk prices put him in such financial straits that he took the Halliburton job.
Dairy farmers embroiled in a bitter dispute that has seen them blockading major UK milk processing plants reached a "significant" agreement on Monday in their battle over low milk prices.
A Polish farmer's life is not easy these days, Edward Zawadzki said as he walked through the cattle barn his father built, long vacant because of low milk prices.
The symptoms of the virus in adult animals are mild – a few days of fever, low milk yield, loss of appetite and sometimes diarrhoea – which makes it hard to distinguish from other common illnesses.
There are mild symptoms of the virus in other adult animals – a few days of fever, low milk yield, loss of appetite, and sometimes diarrhoea – but these cannot be easily distinguished from other common illnesses.
For all too many farmers — caught between diminishing demand for milk, historically low milk prices and historically high grain prices — that is the difference between bare survival and certain insolvency.
As a consequence of the low milk prices, many dairy farms lost profitability.
The low milk fat percentages suggest that the diets induced subacute ruminal acidosis.
