Milk production has reached its lowest level since 1971, according to the NFU Scotland.

Figures from the Rural Payments Agency have shown that between April 2007 and March 2008, milk production in the UK fell to 13.2 billion litres from the 2006/2007 figure of 14.1 billion litres.
This comes despite an increase in milk consumption of around 3%. Willie Lamont, NFU Scotland Milk Committee chairman says: