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• workRoom 332 South Laboratory
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 951 6075
• fax0115 951 6060
• paul.wilson@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Paul's research interests are in the areas of Agricultural Economics and Farm Business Management. Specific research interests include:

• Agricultural policy, efficiency, and productivity analysis.
• Farm and farm business decision making.
• Determinants of variations in farm business income performance.
• Agricultural-Environmental interactions.
• Food market analysis of farm to retail food prices.
• Food consumer behaviour.
• Applied econometrics.
• Bioenergy feedstock supply.
• Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture.

Expertise Summary

Paul's research expertise focuses upon several key themes in agricultural and food economics and farm business management. Understanding and analysing behavioural change in farm business management is achieved through analysis of data collected as part of the annual Farm Business Survey for England. Using data collected from farm survey data, Paul's expertise using applied econometric techniques has focused upon understanding the influence of management, in relation to biographical and managerial practices, in explaining variation in technical efficiency in potato, wheat and dairy production. Adaptation to agri-environmental and market price signals form a further research theme in respect to behavioural change in the context of business management. Understanding consumer behaviour in relation to food purchase decisions, and explaining the economics of the food chain, including the degree to which retail food prices are influenced by changes in farm-gate prices, forms a further research interest that utilises both primary and secondary data sources in relation to food purchase decisions.

Teaching Summary

Paul is on research sabbatical after stepping down as Head of School and is not currently leading any modules. His teaching has mainly focused in the areas of agricultural economics and business… read more

Research Summary

Economics, Efficiency and Environment

Using cross-sectional and panel data, previous research has sought to estimate and explain variation in efficiency and profitability levels in UK potato, wheat and dairy production. Agri-Environment interactions, including the application of biochar to agricultural land, and the metrics of sustainable intensification form further research interests. Other research interests include exploring alternative protein sources in animal feed, and the sustainability of these sources. Internationally, working with colleagues in Environmental Sciences, Paul is involved in projects examining smallholder and environmental sustainability in Indonesia and Malaysia

Selected Publications

• WILSON, P., HARPUR, N. and DARLING, R., 2013. Land Use Policy. 30(1), 147-156
• GLITHERO, N.J., WILSON, P. and RAMSDEN, S.J., 2013. Applied Energy. 107, 209-218
• NERYSSA, J. GLITHERO, STEPHEN J. RAMSDEN and PAUL WILSON, 2013. Energy Policy. 59, 161-171
• NERYSSA J GLITHERO, PAUL WILSON and STEPHEN J RAMSDEN, 2013. Biomass and Bioenergy. 55, 311-321

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Academic Community: ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

• Chair, Farm Academic Advisory Group

Academic Community: External

• External Editor,
• Member of the
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Paul is on research sabbatical after stepping down as Head of School and is not currently leading any modules. His teaching has mainly focused in the areas of agricultural economics and business management. Specifically he has taught in the following areas.

• Agricultural Economics
• Agri Business Enterprise and Innovation
• Management Consultancy
• Agricultural and Food Marketing
• Statistics

• DAVIS, U., BOBO, J., WILSON, P., NOY, P., MANSILLA, R., LONG, G., WELHAM, S.J.M., HARVEY, J., LUKINOVA, E., NICA-AVRAM, G. and SMITH, G., 2025. Public Health Nutrition. 28(1), e.69
• STEKEL, D., TODMAN, H., HELLIWELL, R., KING, E., HOOTON, S., BAKER, M., MARGERISION, J., WILSON, P., DODD, C., MORRIS, C., RAMAN, S., HUDSON, C., KREFT, J-C., HOBMAN, J., KYPRAIOS, T., BLANCHARD, A. and GRAY-HAMMERTON, C., 2024. npj Antimicrobials and Resistance. 2(1), 13
• GRAY-BETTS, C., HICKS, D. and READER, M., 2023. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7, 1106196
• SJOGERSTEN, S., MENDIONDO, G., MOKO, E.M., SPARKES, D.L., RAHARDIYAN, D., WELHAM, S.J.M., O’REILLY, P., WILSON, P., THOMAS, M.L. and NGANGI, J., 2023. Food and Energy Security. 00:e490
• JOVANI-SANCHO, A. J., O’REILLY, P., ANSHARI, G., CHONG, X. Y., CROUT, N., EVANS, C. D., EVERS, S., GAN, J. Y., GIBBINS, C. N., GUSMAYANTI, E., JAMALUDIN, J., JAYA, A., PAGE, S., YOSEP, Y., UPTON, C., WILSON, P. and SJOGERSTEN, S., 2023. Global Change Biology. 29, 4279–4297
• BROWN, R.W., CHADWICK, D.R., BOTT, T., WEST, H.W., WILSON, P., HODGINS, G.R., SNAPE, C.E. and JONES, D.L., 2023. Biochar. 5, 33
• ALCOCK, T.D., SALT, D.E., WILSON, P. and RAMSDEN, S.J., 2022. Science of the Total Environment. 829, 154539
• ALSKAF, K., MOONEY, S. J., SPARKES, D. L., WILSON, P. and SJOGERSTEN, S., 2021. SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH. 206,
• DUNNE, C., SIETTOU, C. and WILSON, P., 2021. Journal of Rural Studies. 86, 330-345
• HELLIWELL, RICHARD, SEYMOUR, SUSANNE and WILSON, PAUL, 2020. ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE. 63,
• MITCHELL, EMILY G., CROUT, NEIL M. J., WILSON, PAUL, WOOD, ANDREW T. A. and STUPFLER, GILLES, 2020. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE. 7(4),
• ALSKAF, KAMAL, SPARKES, DEBBIE L., MOONEY, SACHA J., SJOGERSTEN, SOFIE and WILSON, PAUL, 2020. SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT. 36(1), 27-44
• DICKS, LYNN, V, ROSE, DAVID C., ANG, FREDERIC, ASTON, STEPHEN, BIRCH, A. NICHOLAS E., BOATMAN, NIGEL, BOWLES, ELIZABETH L., CHADWICK, DAVID, DINSDALE, ALEX, DURHAM, SAM, ELLIOTT, JOHN, FIRBANK, LES, HUMPHREYS, STEPHEN, JARVIS, PHIL, JONES, DEWI, KINDRED, DANIEL, KNIGHT, STUART M., LEE, MICHAEL R. F., LEIFERT, CARLO, LOBLEY, MATT, MATTHEWS, KIM, MIDMER, ALICE, MOORE, MARK, MORRIS, CAROL, MORTIMER, SIMON, MURRAY, T. CHARLES, NORMAN, KEITH, RAMSDEN, STEPHEN, ROBERTS, DAVE, SMITH, LAURENCE G., SOFFE, RICHARD, STOATE, CHRIS, TAYLOR, BRYONY, TINKER, DAVID, TOPLIFF, MARK, WALLACE, JOHN, WILLIAMS, PRYSOR, WILSON, PAUL, WINTER, MICHAEL and SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM J., 2019. FOOD AND ENERGY SECURITY. 8(1),
• AREAL, FRANCISCO J., JONES, PHILIP J., MORTIMER, SIMON R. and WILSON, PAUL, 2018. LAND USE POLICY. 75, 314-326
• LYNCH, JOHN, SKIRVIN, DAVID, WILSON, PAUL and RAMSDEN, STEPHEN, 2018. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 628-629, 938-946
• BELL, MATTHEW J. and WILSON, PAUL, 2018. FOOD AND ENERGY SECURITY. 7(1),
• GONZALEZ-MEJIA, ALEJANDRA, STYLES, DAVID, WILSON, PAUL and GIBBONS, JAMES, 2018. PLOS ONE. 13(5),
• TOWNSEND, T. J., SPARKES, D. L., RAMSDEN, S. J., GLITHERO, N. J. and WILSON, P., 2018. ENERGY POLICY. 122, 349-357
• DICK, NDUKWE AGBAI and WILSON, PAUL, 2018. RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS. 98, 500-514
• RAMSDEN, S.J., WILSON, P. and PHROMMARAT, B, 2017. Agricultural Systems. 157, 1-10
• TOWNSEND, T.J., RAMSDEN, S.J. and WILSON, P., 2016. Agricultural Systems. 146, 91-102
• KRAGT, M.E., PANNELL, D.J., MCVITTIE, A., STOTT, A.W., AHMADI, B.V. and WILSON, P., 2016. Agricultural Systems. 217-224
• TOWNSEND, T.J., SPARKES, D.L. and WILSON, P., 2016. Global Change Biology: Bioenergy.
• WILSON, P., 2015. Water and Environment Journal. 29, 88=96
• CLONAN, A., WILSON, P., SWIFT, J.A., LEIBOVICI, D.G. and HOLDSWORTH, M., 2015. Public Health Nutrition. 18(13), 2446-2456
• GLITHERO, N.J., WILSON, P. and RAMSDEN, S.J., 2015. Applied Energy. 147, 82-91
• TOWNSEND, TJ, RAMSDEN, SJ and WILSON, P, 2015. Soil Use and Management. 32, 106-117
• WILSON. P, GLITHERO, N.J. and RAMSDEN, S.J., 2014. Energy Policy. 74, 101-110
• WILSON, P., 2014. International Journal of Agricultural Management. 3(4), 191-199
• WILSON, P., 2014.
• MCHOUL, H., ROBERTSON, P. and WILSON, P., 2014.
• WILSON, P. (PI), 2014. (In Press.)
• WILSON, P., HARPUR, N. and DARLING, R., 2013. Land Use Policy. 30(1), 147-156
• GLITHERO, N.J., WILSON, P. and RAMSDEN, S.J., 2013. Applied Energy. 107, 209-218
• NERYSSA, J. GLITHERO, STEPHEN J. RAMSDEN and PAUL WILSON, 2013. Energy Policy. 59, 161-171
• NERYSSA J GLITHERO, PAUL WILSON and STEPHEN J RAMSDEN, 2013. Biomass and Bioenergy. 55, 311-321
• MCHOUL, H., ROBERTSON, P. and WILSON, P., 2013.
• WILSON, P. (PI), 2013.
• CLONAN, A, HOLDSWORTH, M, SWIFT, J, LEIBOVICI, D and WILSON, P, 2012. Public Health Nutrition. 15(2), 277-284
• ARMSWORTH, P.R., ACS, S., DALLIMER, M., GASTON, K.J., HANLEY, N. and WILSON, P., 2012. Ecology Letters. 15(5), 406-414
• GLITHERO, N., RAMSDEN, S.J. and WILSON, P., 2012. Agricultural Systems. 109, 53-64
• WILSON, P., LEWIS, M., CRANE, R., ROBERTSON, P., MCHOUL, H., BONNER, H., DAVENPORT, R. and RILEY, M., 2012.
• MCHOUL, H., ROBERTSON, P. and WILSON, P., 2012.
• WILSON, P. (PI), 2012.
• WILSON, P, 2011. Determinants of the Farm Gate Price of Milk: Quantifying the Impact of Milk Contract and Selling Arrangements Journal of Farm Management. 14(3), 211-230
• WILSON, P, 2011. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 149, 507-517
• ROBERTSON, P, WILSON, P and HARPUR, N, 2011.
• WILSON, P and LANG, B, 2011. Outreach Developments of the Farm Business Survey: An Overview by Rural Business Research Journal of Farm Management. 14(3), 243-248
• MCHOUL, H, ROBERTSON, P and WILSON, P, 2011. Rural Business Research.
• WILSON, P, HARPUR, N and DARLING, R, 2011. Rural Business Research.
• LAMPKIN, N, BAILEY, A, LANG, B, WILSON, P, WILLIAMS, A, SANDARS, D, FOWLER, S, GERRARD, C, MOAKES, S, MORTIMER, S, NICHOLAS, P and PADEL, S, 2011. The Potential for Extending Economic Farm-level Benchmarking to Environmental and Other Aspects of Farm Performance.: Final Report to Defra Food and Farming Groups, Project Number DO0103
• GLITHERO, N, WILSON, P and RAMSDEN, S, 2011. Farm System Assessments of Bioenergy: Data, Models and Surveys In: Agricultural Research Modellers’ Group, 43rd Meeting.
• WILSON, P, GLITHERO, N and RAMSDEN, S, 2011. Farm System Assessments of Bioenergy In: UK Monogram Network Workshop: ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, Sutton Bonington Campus.
• WILSON, P, HARPUR, N and DARLING, R, 2011. Explaining Variation in Farm and Farm Business Performance in Respect to Farmer Segmentation Analysis In: 85th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, Warwick University.
• WILSON, P, GLITHERO, N and RAMSDEN, S, 2011. Food Security Risks, Threats and Opportunities in an Energy Hungry World: Impacts of farm-level crop production decision making In: 4th McGill Global Food Security Conference, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
• WILSON, P, GLITHERO, N and RAMSDEN, S, 2011. Farm System Assessments of Second Generation Bioenergy Feedstock Supply.: The Economics of Land Use and Energy Conference In: Jointly organised by the British Institute of Energy Economists and the Agricultural Economics Society, UK Energy Research Centre’s Meeting Place, Oxford, 25-26th October 2011.
• WILSON, P (PI), 2011. Farm Business Survey 2009/10
• WILSON, P, 2010. Estimating Tractor Depreciation: The Impact of Choice of Functional Form Journal of Farm Management. 13(12), 779-818
• CLONAN, A, HOLDSWORTH, M and SWIFT J. AND WILSON, P., 2010. UK Consumers Priorities for Sustainable Food Purchases In: Agricultural Economics Society Conference, Edinburgh.
• ACS, S., HANLEY, N., DALLIMER, M., GASTON, J.K., ROBERTSON, P., WILSON, P. and AND ARMSWORTH, P., 2010. Land Use Policy. 27(2), 550-563
• ROBERTSON, P and WILSON, P, 2010. Rural Business Research.
• WILSON, P and CHERRY, K, 2010. Analysis of Gross and Net Margin Data Collected from the Farm Business Survey in 2006/07 and 2007/08: Report submitted to DEFRA Farm Business Economics Division Rural Business Research.
• WILSON, P and DARLING, R, 2010. Analysis of Milk Selling Arrangements on Dairy Farms in England: Report submitted to DEFRA Farm Business Economics Division Rural Business Research.
• WILSON, P, 2010. Farm Business Survey: Results, Developments and Outreach In: Defra Agriculture in the United Kingdom Seminar.
• GLITHERO, N, WILSON, P and RAMSDEN, S, 2010. Development of a model for Managing Energy and Emissions Trade-offs in Agriculture (MEETA) In: Scanning the Agricultural Horizon to 2050.
• WILSON, P (PI), 2010. Farm Business Survey 2008/09
• CLONAN, A, HOLDSWORTH, M and SWIFT, J. AND WILSON, P., 2009. Awareness and attitudes of consumers to sustainable food In: EurSafe Conference, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, 2-4 July 2009. In Millar, K., Hobson West, P., and Nerlich, B. (Ed) Ethical Futures: bioscience and food horizons. Wageningen Academic Publishers. 978-90-8686-115-6.. 205-210
• WILSON, P and CRANE, R. AND ROBBINS, K., 2009. Available at: <https://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/asd/fbs/sub/fbs_comm.htm>
• CLONAN, A, HOLDSWORTH, M and SWIFT J. AND WILSON, P., 2009. Consumers and Sustainable Food: Awareness and Attitudes In: Agricultural Economics Society Conference, 31st March – 1st April, 2009, Dublin, Ireland.
• ITUMOH, M and WILSON, P. AND RAMSDEN, S.J., 2009. Application of Triangular Distributions in a Data-Limited Environment. In: Agricultural Research Modellers’ Group, 41st Meeting, 3rd April, 2009. Royal Society, London.
• ROBERTSON, P and WILSON, P. AND HARPUR, N., 2009. Available at: <http://www.farmbusinesssurvey.co.uk/regional/index.asp>
• ARMSWORTH, P, ACS, S, DALLIMER, M, GASTON, K, HANLEY, N, ROBERTSON, P, TINCH, D and AND WILSON, P., 2009. The Future of the Uplands: A Case ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ of Agriculture and Biodiversity in the Peak District. In: Rural Economy and Land Use Programme conference – The Future of Rural Land Use. London 4th June 2009..
• HANLEY, N, ACS, S, DALLIMER, M, GASTON, K.J, ROBERTSON, P and WILSON, P. AND ARMSWORTH, P., 2009. Linking Biodiversity, Land-Use and Incomes at the Farm Level: An Interdisciplinary Modelling Approach. In: Agricultural Economics Society Conference, 31st March – 1st April, 2009, Dublin, Ireland..
• DALLIMER, M., ACS, S., HANLEY, N., WILSON, P., GASTON, K.J. and ARMSWORTH, P.R., 2009. Journal of Applied Ecology. 46(3), 647-656
• ROBERTSON, P and WILSON, P, 2009. Rural Business Research.
• WILSON, P, 2009. Analysis of Labour Usage Data from the Farm Business Survey 2004/05 to 2007/08.: Report submitted to DEFRA Farm Business Economics Division Rural Business Research.
• WILSON, P (PI), 2009. Farm Business Survey 2007/08
• WILSON, P, 2008.
• ROBERTSON P AND WILSON P, 2008. Available at: <http://www.ruralbusinessresearch.co.uk>
• WILSON, P (PI), 2008. Farm Business Survey 2006/07
• ROLLETT, A.J., SPARKES, D.L. and WILSON, P., 2007. Annals of Applied Biology. 150(1), 107-113
• WILSON, P AND SPARKES, D.L., 2007. Carbon Footprint of Weed Control In: British Crop Production Conference, Peterborough 31st October, 2007.
• RAMSDEN, S.J. AND WILSON, P., 2007. Modelling Risk in Farmer Decision Making. In: M. DONNATELLI, J. HATFIELD, A. RIZZOLI, ed., Farm Systems Design 2007: Int. Symposium on Methodologies on Integrated Analysis on Farm Production Systems 1 - Farm-regional scale design and improvement. La Goliardica Pavese. 37-38 (In Press.)
• ROLLETT, A and WILSON, P. AND SPARKES, D.L., 2007. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture. 25(2), 103-122
• ROBERTSON, P. AND WILSON, P., 2007. Available at: <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/rbru/publications.html>
• WILSON, P., 2007. Impact of Taxation on Farm-Level Business Decision Making In: Tax and Tax Concessions - The Hidden Support for Agriculture?. (In Press.)
• WILSON, P., SEABROOK, M. and PRICE, R., 2006. Developments in National farm business data sources: implications and opportunities Farm Management. APR., 464-476
• RAMSDEN, S. and WILSON, P., 2006. Managing Risk in UK Crop Production: A Pilot ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ prepared for Defra ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´.
• SPARKES, D., WILSON, P. and ROLLETT, A., 2006. Investigating the long term impact of organic conversion strategies
• RAMSDEN, S. and WILSON, P., 2006. Are English farmers diversified enough? Risk management for combinable crops under the Mid Term Review In: Paper presented at the 80th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economic Society, Paris, 30-31 March 2006..
• WILSON, P. and ROBERSTON, P., 2006. Comparison of Gross and Net Margin Cereal and Oilseed Rape Data from Farm Business Survey and Special ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Sources
• WILSON, P. AND ROBERTSON, P., 2006. Comparison of Enterprise Level Fixed Costs Data from Farm Business Survey and Special ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Sources: Milk Production, Lowland Beef, Pigs, Eggs and Broilers.
• WILSON, P., 2006. Analysis of the philosophy, potential and practicality of One Planet Farming.
• GIBBONS, J.M., SPARKES, D.L., WILSON, P. and RAMSDEN, S.J., 2005. Agricultural Systems. 83(2), 113-134
• HUXHAM, S.K., SPARKES, D.L. and WILSON, P., 2005. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 106(4), 345-357
• WILSON, P., SEABROOK, M.F. and PRICE, R., 2005. Developments in the Farm Business Survey and Implications for Agricultural and Rural Economics Research In: Paper presented at the 79th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economic Society, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, 4-6 April 2005.
• HUXHAM, S.K., WILSON, P. and SPARKES, D.L., 2004. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture. 22(3), 289-303
• WILSON, P. and TOLLEY, C., 2004. Estimating tractor depreciation and implications for farm management accounting Farm Management. VOL 12(NUMB 1), 5-16
• WILSON, P., SEABROOK, M.F. and ROBERTSON, P., 2004. Analysis of Cattle and Sheep Prices
• WILSON, P. and KINSELLA, L., 2004. The Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease on the Price of Beef Eurochoices. 3(3), 26-30
• WILSON, P., GIBBONS, J. and RAMSDEN, S., 2003. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 54(2), 313-323
• SPARKES, D.L., WILSON, P. and HUXHAM, S.K., 2003. Organic Conversion Strategies for Stockless Farming. Final Report submitted to HGCA Project 2313
• WILSON, P., 2003. Journal of Agricultural Economics. VOL 54(PART 1), 85-88
• HUXHAM, S.K., SPARKES, D.L. and WILSON, P., 2002. Organic conversion strategies for stockless farming systems In: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. 51-52
• WILSON, P., HADLEY, D. and ASBY, C., 2001. Agricultural Economics. 24(3), 329-338
• WILSON, P. and ROBERTSON, P., 2001. Economic Efficiency in Maincrop Potato Production in England and Wales Farm Management. VOL 11(NUMB 3), 163-176
• RAMSDEN, S.J., GIBBONS, J., SPARKES, D.L. and WILSON, P., 2001. Predicting the Response of Farming Systems to Strategies for Controling Nitrogen Loss. Project number NT1844 submitted to DEFRA, October 2001.
• LLOYD, T.A. and WILSON, P., 2001. Issues involved in the Evaluation of Generic Meat Advertising in the UK In: Agricultural Economics Society Conference. 10-13th September 2001, Harper Adams University College.
• WILSON, P. and ROBERTSON, P., 2001. Economic Efficiency in Maincrop Potato Production in England and Wales. Report to the Input Task Force, MAFF, February 2001
• WILSON, P. and ROBERTSON, P., 2001. The Economics of Potato Production in England and Wales (1999 crop) ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, Nottingham.
• RAMSDEN, S. J., WILSON, P. and GIBBONS, J., 2000. Adapting to Agenda 2000 on Combinable Crop Farms Farm Management. VOL 10(NUMB 10), 606-617
• WILSON, P. and ROBERTSON, P., 2000. The Economics of Combinable Peas and Field Beans 1998 ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, Nottingham.
• WILSON, P., HADLEY, D. and ASBY, C., 2000. Outlook on Agriculture. VOL 29(PART 3), 185-192
• RAMSDEN, S., GIBBONS, J. and WILSON, P., 1999. Agricultural Systems. VOL 62(NUMBER 3), 201-215
• WILSON, P., 1999. Confidential report on Re-Sale Values in Agricultural Machinery to a Major UK Finance Institution
• WILSON, P. and DAVIS, S., 1999. Estimating Depreciation in Tractors in the UK and Implications for Farm Management Decision-Making Farm Management. VOL 10(NUMB 4), 183-193
• WILSON, P., HADLEY, D., RAMSDEN, S. and KALTSAS, I., 1998. Journal of Agricultural Economics. VOL 49(NUMBER 3), 294-305
• WILSON, P., HADLEY, D. and ASBY, C., 1998. Analysing the Impact of R&D and Technology Transfer in Cereal Production. Confidential report prepared for the HGCA. Universities of Nottingham and Cambridge
• WILSON, P., 1998. The Influence of Management and Stockmanship in Milk Production. Report to the Milk Development Council. ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´