October 25, 2010

Profitability rise for Swedish organic dairy farmers

Over the past three months, profitability for Sweden's organic dairy farmers has risen more than for conventional dairy farmers.

This is shown in a new report from the Swedish dairy organisation Svensk Mjölk. Milk income for organic farmers minus feed costs has risen by about SEK0.25 (US$0.04) to on average SEK3 (EUR0.32, US$0.45) per kilo in October and for conventional farmers the key figure has risen by SEK0.15 (US$0.02) to SEK1.95 (US$0.3) per kilo.

The average producer price in October was about SEK5 (US$0.76) kronor for organic milk and SEK3.4 (US$0.52) for conventional milk.