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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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01/10/21

1.7ppl milk price increase for Medina Suppliers – from 1st October

This is across all Medina contracts of which the vast majority are under the Watsons liquid contract. This increase takes suppliers liquid standard litre price to 29.8ppl

01/10/21

1ppl milk price increase for Wells Dairy Suppliers (liquid) from 1st November

This increases producer’s liquid standard litre to 30ppl on everyday collection.

01/10/21

1ppl milk price increase for Barbers (cheese) suppliers – from 1st November

This increase takes suppliers manufacturing standard litre price to 31.89ppl and based on a liquid standard litre to 30.78ppl. The Barbers AMPE related B milk price rose to 31.85ppl for September deliveries.

01/10/21

1ppl milk price increase for Waitrose Aligned producers – from 1st October

This increase takes producers liquid standard litre price to a champions league 34.35ppl

01/10/21

1ppl milk price increase for Wyke farm (cheese) suppliers – from 1st November

This increases producers manufacturing standard litre price to 31.89ppl and based on a liquid standard litre 30.80ppl

01/10/21

35.9ppl record breaking price for Marks and Spencer’s aligned producers – from 1st September

An additional 1.203ppl on top of a previous 2.5ppl increase only one month earlier (applied from 1st July) takes producers standard liquid milk price to an all-time record of 35.9ppl beating the previous 2013 record of 34.84ppl. The increase is the result of price increases in all five tracked farm inputs viz, feed, fuel, fertiliser, labour and sugar beet. This price will prevail until 1st April 2022, unless further farmgate cost increases trigger another interim price rise as agreed under the M&S Price Pledge (source www.

01/10/21

1ppl milk price increase for Muller Direct organic suppliers from 1st November

This increase takes suppliers liquid standard litre price to 41.5ppl

01/10/21

1.22ppl conventional milk price increase for Co-op suppliers to Friesland Campina – from 1st October

According to www.milkprices.com taking into account the October forward euro exchange rate the UK equivalent standard litre price will increase to 32.257 ppl The Friesland Organic price also increases to a UK liquid standard litre equivalent price of 41.24ppl. Friesland Campina is one of the worlds largest Dairy Co-ops owned by 17,000 Dutch, Belgium and German Dairy farmers.

01/10/21

Stand on milk price for First Milk members until 1st December

First Milk member price will remain at 31ppl based on a manufacturing standard litre and 30ppl based on a liquid standard litre.

01/10/21

Saputo (AKA Dairy Crest cheese) to stand on is a surprise and disappointment

With most if not all cheese processors announcing 1st October or 1st November price increases it has come as a huge disappointment to DCD and many Dairy Crest producers to learn that their milk price will not change before 1st December 2021. The stand on price is 31.15ppl based on a manufacturing standard litre and 30.04 based on a liquid standard litre.

01/10/21

Bombshell 2ppl immediate milk price cut for Omsco members

200 organic members of Omsco were given only 24 hours’ notice of a whopping 2ppl milk price cut from today 1st October. Without doubt this put chairman Neil Kennedy and the Omsco board firmly in with a very small handful of UK milk buyers who need to be pulled into line by others by the governments contract legislation. For Omsco members to suddenly see their total revenue drop by 5% overnight and to already be wrestling with increased on farm costs must make them weep and wonder what’s next.

01/10/21

The market sentiment is up (excluding OMSCO’S organic price)

The average stonexmilkprices.com net UKMFE return to producers, taking into account a processor margin and a 2ppl farm to processor haulage charge, has lifted to 31.36ppl. Forward prices for butter & smp together with weaker sterling pushed the average up by 0.47ppl bolstered particularly by January and February 2022 gains. Meanwhile AHDB report spot trades are also continuing their upward trend and in the space of the past month bulk cream has gained 6% to average £1656 tonne, SMP gained 4.