| Table 1: Farm performance and willingness to pay for milk quota under different quota restrictions | |||||||
| In a dynamic optimization model for a representative German farm, 2025–2065 | |||||||
| Scenario | Quota (% of Baseline) | Quota (kg) | Net Present Value (€) | Marginal WTP (€/kg) | Average Cows | GHG Emissions (t/yr) | N-Balance (kg/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| q100 | 100 | 393,260.3 | 1,560,370.0 | 0.0000 | 49.1600 | 1,791.3500 | 6,002.7800 |
| q95 | 95 | 373,597.3 | 1,512,035.5 | 0.1910 | 46.7000 | 1,715.7100 | 5,941.8300 |
| q90 | 90 | 353,934.3 | 1,467,737.8 | 0.1938 | 44.2400 | 1,641.5300 | 5,902.3000 |
| q85 | 85 | 334,271.3 | 1,428,155.7 | 0.1901 | 41.7800 | 1,567.7800 | 5,869.6200 |
| q80 | 80 | 314,608.3 | 1,368,880.4 | 0.2034 | 39.3300 | 1,485.9100 | 5,698.9100 |
| q75 | 75 | 294,945.3 | 1,298,872.3 | 0.2128 | 36.8700 | 1,400.4700 | 5,467.4200 |
| q70 | 70 | 275,282.2 | 1,228,140.9 | 0.2063 | 34.4100 | 1,314.7200 | 5,224.6400 |
| q65 | 65 | 255,619.2 | 1,155,754.4 | 0.1977 | 31.9500 | 1,226.5700 | 4,918.4600 |
| q60 | 60 | 235,956.2 | 1,084,105.5 | 0.1882 | 29.4900 | 1,138.6400 | 4,616.1700 |
| Source: Full Farm Finance Quota Analysis. | |||||||