Name: 英國乳價暴跌！酪農生計告急，全臺都在關注！ (Milk price slide leaves UK dairy farmers on the brink)
Uploaded: 2026-03-18T17:10:08.000Z
Duration: 2 min 10 s

Milk prices have fallen so sharply due to overabundance that UK dairy farmers Kelly and Ed Seton expect to lose money this year.

牛奶價格因供過於求而大幅下跌，英國乳製品農民 Kelly 和 Ed Seton 預計今年將虧損。

Across Britain, farmers warn milk production is no longer profitable, leaving many at risk of going out of business.

全英國的農民都警告說，牛奶產量已不再有利可圖，許多人面臨倒閉的風險。

It's accelerating farmers decisions to leave the dairy industry behind.

這加速了農民離開乳製品行業的決定。

Data shows the number of dairy producers has fallen by 20% since 2019-20, about 7,000.

數據顯示，自 2019-20 年以來，乳製品生產商的數量已減少了 20%，約 7,000 家。

It's simply a matter of too much milk in the market.

The setons, who have 200 pedigree Holstein cows on their farm in the northwest of England, are closely watching the price drop.

在英格蘭西北部擁有 200 頭純種荷蘭乳牛的 Seton 夫婦正密切關注價格下跌。

Cost of production is sitting at about 40 pence per litre, Kelly Seaton said.

Kelly Seaton 表示，生產成本約為每公升 40 便士。

The last price drop was the 1st of February.

The difference really for us is about 19,000, 20,000 pounds less this month than we would have got for our milk in September.

本月我們收到的牛奶款項比 9 月份少了約 19,000 到 20,000 英鎊。

US and European milk production has rebounded this year after a weak 2025.

美國和歐洲牛奶產量在 2025 年表現疲弱後，今年已反彈。

In Britain, milking herd numbers are at their lowest in a decade, yet the cows are actually producing more milk.

在英國，泌乳牛群數量是十多年來最低，但牛隻產生的牛奶量卻更多了。

Drought conditions in the UK last year led farmers to rely more heavily on concentrated feed in place of grazing, resulting in higher milk yields.

去年英國的乾旱情況，讓農民不得不大量依賴精料而非放牧，結果是牛奶產量增加。

And because milk is a globally traded commodity, UK prices are prone to volatility being exposed to factors beyond domestic control.

由於牛奶是全球交易商品，英國的牛奶價格容易受到國內控制以外因素的影響而產生波動性。

The downturn has been far faster and steeper than analysts expected, giving farmers little time to adapt.

這次的下跌比分析師預期的還要快且劇烈，讓農民幾乎沒有時間適應。

Farm consultant Paddy Snodgrass is expecting dairy farmers to continue to fall.

農場顧問 Paddy Snodgrass 預計乳製品農民的數量將持續減少。

It's also a reflection of the age of the industry and people, and

這也反映了這個行業和從業人員的年齡，

succession and families aren't continuing in the however.

以及接班問題，家庭成員並沒有繼續從事這個行業。

Ed Seton's family has been in dairy farming for more than a century and despite the bleak outlook, the pair are remaining stoic, hoping good times outweigh the bad.

Ed Seton 的家人從事乳製品農務已超過一個世紀，儘管前景黯淡，他們夫妻倆仍保持堅毅，希望能苦盡甘來。