1ppl milk price reduction for suppliers to Dairy Crest Direct (Davidstow) cheese – from 1st February

This results in a standard manufacturing litre milk price of 29.9ppl and based on a standard liquid litre 28.82ppl, The 1ppl reduction is actually in two parts 0.5ppl milk price reduction and removal of the 0.5ppl supplementary payment to help Dairy Crest farmers cope with the additional costs arising from last summers drought which DC have paid for the past 5 months.