The costs of seasonality and expansion in Ireland’s milk production and processing

Ireland’s milk production sector relies on grass-based spring-calving systems, which facilitates cost advantages in milk production but entails a high degree of supply seasonality. Among other implications, this supply seasonality involves extra costs in the processing sector including elevated plan...

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Main Authors: Heinschink K., Shalloo L., Wallace M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijafr.2016.55.issue-2/ijafr-2016-0010/ijafr-2016-0010.xml?format=INT