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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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31/05/24

1ppl Milk Price increase for Muller from 1st July 2024

Dairy farmers supplying Müller who meet the conditions for Müller Advantage will receive a milk price of 39ppl from 1st July 2024, a 1ppl increase. Richard Collins, Head of Agriculture at Müller Milk & Ingredients said: “We recognise the ongoing pressures that our supplying farmers are facing into. While the market outlook is stable, following a 0.5ppl increase for June, we are pleased to be in a position to increase our farm gate milk price by another 1ppl for July.

02/05/24

Barbers June Milk Price

Following their two stage May and June increases announced a month ago, Barbers are pleased to be able to confirm their fifth monthly milk price increase of this year, from June +1.02ppl delivering 40.25ppl at milkprices.com manufacturing league table (BF @ 4.20%/PR @ 3.40%) or 39.15ppl at the Barber’s Standard litre

30/04/24

Müller confirms 38ppl June farm gate milk price

Dairy farmers supplying Müller who meet the conditions for Müller Advantage will receive a milk price of 38ppl from 1 June 2024, a 0.5ppl increase. The Discretionary Base Price from 1 June 2024 is 37ppl for a standard litre as defined on www.milkprices.com Richard Collins, Head of Agriculture at Müller Milk & Ingredients said: “We recognise the challenges being faced this Spring and will continue to monitor supply and demand in the coming months to ensure we support our supplying farmers.

28/03/24

2ppl Milk Price increase for Freshways from 1st June

Resulting in a standard litre price of 37ppl and a base price of 35.4ppl.

27/03/24

Today’s announcement from Arla Arla to stand on for April milk price for conventional and increase for organic milk

From 1 April 2024, the Arla on-account price for conventional milk will remain unchanged and organic milk will increase in the UK by 1.34 ppl (1.5 €c/kg.) This month we will see the quarterly currency adjustment negatively impact the on-account price by 0.04ppl, which means the UK manufacturing price for conventional milk and organic milk will be 40.02ppl and 48.

27/03/24

Latest GDT Results down 2.8% (19th March 2024)

Butter down 1.4%, average price US$6,408 tonne Cheddar down 1.9%, average price US$4,192 tonne SMP down 4.8%, average price US$2,517 tonne WMP down 4.2%, average price US$3,143 tonne

27/03/24

Balancing Act: Government's New Farming Measures Spark Debate Between Food Production and Environmental Conservation – Lydia Clare

In a significant move on 25th March, the government has announced new measures aimed at reaffirming the balance between environmental conservation and food production in farming practices. These measures, unveiled under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), appear to come in response to recent protests by farmers around the country, highlighting concerns over the future of British agriculture.

21/03/24

Important news regarding IPMS BVD testing service.

We have some important news regarding our BVD testing service. Starting April 1st, we will only be selling the BVD tags unfortunately we will no longer be offering the BVD test service, this is due to CIS increasing the test charge from £2.15 to £2.60. However, we're committed to ensuring that you have access to top-quality testing services, at the most competitive prices and we're pleased to announce our new partnership with NMR.

01/03/24

Wyke Farms announce milk price increase of 0.70ppl from 1st April

Resulting in an increase to 39ppl based on the manufacturing litre price (4.2% fat and 3.4% protein) for a 1mltr/yr producer.

01/03/24

Barbers announce milk price increase of 0.52ppl from 1st of April

Resulting in a standard litre price of 38.72ppl. Barbers noted in their March Newsletter “An April increase in milk price is unusual. According to our records this is only the second ever increase recorded for any April, as this month typically records our highest milk supply per day within the year!”.

01/03/24

Organic Herd seeks more Members as milk price increases to 50ppl

Organic Herd, the British farmer-owned co-operative dedicated to organic dairy, has announced a further 0.5ppl increase in its Member milk price effective from 1st April 2024. The increase will take the Organic Herd price to 50ppl on a standard litre basis and follows a similar 0.5ppl rise implemented for March.

01/03/24

Latest GDT Results down 0.5% (20th Feb 2024)

Butter up 0.1%, average price US$6,526 tonne Cheddar down 7.6%, average price US$4,143 tonne SMP up 1.3%, average price US$2,788 tonne WMP down 1.8%, average price US$3,388 tonne