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Costs outweigh market returns for producers

According to the latest analysis, the average production cost of a kilo of output from a hill suckler cow was 304p when taking into account all costs, including family labour and a 5% return on working capital � but the market only returned an average of 133p.

According to the latest analysis, the average production cost of a kilo of output from a hill suckler cow was 304p when taking into account all costs, including family labour and a 5% return on working capital - but the market only returned an average of 133p.