Dairy Partners stand on with its May milk price

Along with Freshways, Dairy Partners confirmed to its producers it has been purchasing spot milk. The South Wales processor claims it needs the extra milk to increase factory output “utilising spare capacity with lower cost spot milk” rather than processing extra milk from its regular farmer suppliers. The declaration whilst up front and honest has not gone down well.

Subsequent to this, Dairy Partners have announced this week that they will hold producers May price at current levels which we don’t know how this fairs as a standard litre price, however April over supply volumes milk price will be paid at 19.57ppl.

Their hold is a PR plus because for a processor to admit to purchasing cheap spot milk and to then reduce ex farmgate milk prices would be a PR own goal.