Daily milk production in the UK diary farms has been reduced by 1.1liter to 24.1liter a cow due to unfavorable weather conditions across the country.
Average milk production for October 2012 was reported as 993 million liters, a 6.5% drop on the same month in 2011, and the lowest since 1994, BBC News has reported citing researchers, DairyCo.
The shortfall, which is increasing each month since June, can also be attributed to increase in price of forage crops, such as maize and silage, due to poor harvesting in soggy conditions, according to figures by Dairy Group.
Dairy Group managing director Ian Powell was quoted by BBC as saying, "Being a dairy farmer is a challenging business at the best of times and never more so than in 2012."
Average feed cost has soared by £6/t to £224/t making the dairy farmers feel the repercussions of the weather for at least another year.
However, the government figures reports the yield is about 7,315 liters per cow per year, which is well above the European Union (EU) average, despite the drop from the unsuitable weather this year.
