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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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24/11/21

2ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Grahams Dairies (Liquid) - From 1st January

This takes producers liquid standard litre price to 32ppl

24/11/21

3.75ppl total milk price increase for Arla Directs – from 1st December

Hot on the heels of the Arla member 1st December price increase comes a similar and additional 3ppl increase for the Arla Directs which impacts on the Tesco and Sainsburys aligned farmers. In making this announcement Arla have dispensed with the code compliant 30 days’ notice a move others would do well to note instead of using it as an excuse. In addition, on the 29th October Arla declared a 0.

23/11/21

3.03ppl milk price increase for Arla members takes them to 35.29ppl on 1st December

Arla have today announced a table topping 3.03ppl milk price increase on its liquid standard litre price taking members price to 35.29ppl. The actual increase is 3 euro cents on both conventional and organic and the resulting www.milkprices.com standard litre prices are as follows: 1/12/21 1/12/21 Increase Conventional Organic Based on a Manufacturing Standard Litre +3.

23/11/21

The market the retailers and FFA protests

Spot milk is trading today at 44 to 46ppl however relatively small quantities are changing hands. There are reports of retailers and some convenience chains beating their chests and flatly refusing to consider claims from processors for cost inflation price increases. One meeting allegedly took 4 minutes and was basically a NO. Another ended up with a retailer threatening to delist all the processors branded products.

22/11/21

David Handley’s Western Daily Press Article

Below is David Handley’s Western Daily Press article which appeared in Saturdays edition Anyone remotely familiar with the history of Farmers For Action will know we have never been flavour of the month with the farming establishment – well, let’s not mince words, the NFU. Particularly at a time when we were going into meetings and negotiating price deals for farmers – something the NFU would never stoop to dirty its hands with.

19/11/21

3ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Medina Dairies (liquid) – from 1st January

This takes producers liquid standard litre price to 32.8ppl.

19/11/21

2.2ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Wyke Farms (cheese) – from 1st January

This takes producers manufacturing standard litre price to 34.17ppl and based on a liquid standard litre to 33ppl

19/11/21

The retailers and dairy customers are playing Russian Roulette with FFA

Numerous processors are comenting both privately and openly along the lines of “we have still not recovered our milk price increases from all customers as of today… I am sure you can imagine the challenges that we are currently facing and getting price increases from supermarket customers is not straight forward”. Well out of hibernation steps David Handley and FFA who are now considering manning the protest/picket lines in December.

19/11/21

2ppl milk price increase for Muller Direct suppliers from January 1st

This takes producers standard liquid litre price to 32ppl including the Muller advantage premium of 1ppl. This announcement has come at least 10 days earlier than Muller normally declare which has always been within a day or two of the month end to commence the 1st of the following month (code compliant). It’s looking like this 2ppl will be judged too little too late given this extra will not arrive in producers bank accounts until mid-February and the crippling cost inflation is here and now.

19/11/21

All eyes on Arla and to a lesser extent Meadow foods

Next week Arla will declare its 1st December member milk price expected at noon/midday on Monday or Tuesday details of which will be posted on our website and Facebook page. https://www.ipmsltd.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Potter-Marketing-Services-IPMS-Ltd-112735830193142 As it stands Arla’s November manufacturing standard litre price weighs in at 33.

17/11/21

2ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Crediton Dairy – from 1st January

This takes producers standard liquid litre price to 33.5ppl. The 2ppl will actually be 2.5ppl following Crediton’s decision to remove its 2022 13th payment of 0.5ppl and pay the bonus out monthly as a way of further improving its farmer supplies cash flow and rapidly escalating on farm costs. Note the 2021 13th payment of 0.5ppl is unaffected and will be paid to producers next month.

17/11/21

1ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Grahams Dairies (liquid) - from 1st December

This takes producers liquid standard litre price to 30ppl