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^{Note, all standard litre prices are those quoted by www.milkprices.com and are based on the following:

The liquid standard litre 4% bf, 3.3% protein, 30,000/ml Bactoscans, 200,000/ml SCC, 1 million litres a year on EODC but before seasonality, monthly profile payments, balancing, B price additions, capital retentions or annual incentive schemes. The manufacturing standard litre is to exactly the same specification with the exception of 4.2%bf and 3.4% protein.}

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20/09/22

£1.75 million investment by Belton Farm (cheese)

Shropshire based farmhouse cheese maker Belton Farm has announced completion of a £1.75 million investment in its cheese cutting and packing facilities at its HQ in Whitchurch. The project facility arrives as Belton celebrates 100 years of cheese making.

16/09/22

1ppl milk price increase for Meadow Foods Suppliers – from 1st October

This increases producer’s liquid standard litre price to 48ppl and based on a manufacturing standard litre to 48.625p.

16/09/22

0.67ppl milk price increase for Co-operative (CDG) aligned suppliers from 1st October

This increases the liquid standard litre price to 47.67ppl for the Muller based group and would be 48ppl were it not for Sainsburys lagging behind at 47ppl.

16/09/22

1.3ppl milk price increase for Waitrose aligned farmers from 1st September – PRODUCER NOTIFIED

This increases producer’s liquid standard litre price to 49ppl.

16/09/22

2.5ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Blackmore Vale from 1st October

This increases producer’s liquid standard litre price to 48ppl.

16/09/22

Total number of milkers down by 1%

According to BCMS GB milking herd numbers fell by 17,000 equivalent to a 1% drop in the year to July 2022.

16/09/22

Rodda’s record another good year end financials but costs are a huge challenge

Roddas (Cornwall Clotted Cream) have reported a good set of financials for its 2021/22-year end. Turnover was up 9% to £41.3 million however pre tax profit was down 18% to £1.8 million with operating margin down from 5.7% to 4.4% due mainly to increases in the cost of energy and packing. Rodda’s collect and process around 56 million litres of milk from 45 Cornish suppliers and this month’s standard litre price will be 48.

16/09/22

Hurry Livestock Tag Prices at the old price until 30th September

Ian and the team would like to thank all of our loyal tag customers for supporting us over the years. Due to an increase in cost from our supplier we are having to pass this on and regret we cannot absorb this increase due to our low margins which is what allows us to give our customers the best prices. This will be our first tag price increase in over 5 years.

14/09/22

Lanchester Dairies in the firing line as they announce a drop to 48ppl

Middle Ground liquid processors Lanchester Dairies rarely disappoint its farmer suppliers when it comes to controversy and disappointment as witnessed over several years in this websites postings. Its farmers have been very quick to contact Ian with the announcement that the current liquid standard litre price of 49ppl will drop to 48ppl from October 1st. It comes at a time when several liquid processors are now talking about the possibility of marginal increases potentially in the pipeline to get some closer to the magical 50ppl.

08/09/22

Sainsburys farmers are once again the poor relations

It beggars belief how the Sainsburys PR team manage to hit a bulls eye with such regularity and accuracy when it comes to basically p-ss-ng its aligned farmers off. This time they have announced that their cost of production model has jumped by almost 2ppl from 42.48ppl to 44.27ppl yet they are holding the farmgate price at 47ppl for October. Sainsbury's farmers have been very quick to hit their keyboards and contact Ian with the majority of their comments unprintable and extremely uncomplimentary.

08/09/22

1ppl milk price increase for Tesco/TSDG farmers from 1st October

Once again Tesco have tracked and mirrored the Muller Direct milk price increase announcement of 48ppl from 1st October. The TSDG COP has been parked but is still in play.

08/09/22

GDT average up 4.9% as Chinese demand was eclipsed by South East Asia for the first time

Tuesdays GDT saw the first real increase in prices in the past 13 auctions since prices topped out back in March of this year. According to Fonterra their biggest GDT customer is always China however for the first time the largest tonnage went to South East Asia. Note for comparative purposes all figures in brackets are for the previous auction on the 16th august.