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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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30/04/21

1ppl milk price increase for Waitrose (Muller) aligned producers from 1st May

This increase takes producers standard liquid litre price to 33.35ppl.

30/04/21

0.72ppl milk price increase for suppliers to South Caernarfon Creameries (cheese) from 1st June

This increase produces manufacturing standard litre price to 29.25ppl.

30/04/21

0.5ppl milk price increase for Crediton Dairy Suppliers (liquid) – from 1st June

This takes producers liquid standard litre price to 30ppl including the recently introduced 0.5ppl 13th payment.

30/04/21

0.5ppl milk price increase for First Milk members from 1st June

This takes members manufacturing standard litre price to 29.93ppl.

30/04/21

1.0ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Joseph Heler cheese from 1st June

30/04/21

1ppl milk price increase for members of Dale Farm Co-Operative from March 1st

This is the third consecutive 1ppl monthly increase for Dale Farm supplier members and takes producers liquid litre price for March deliveries to what is a UK Champions League price of 30.59ppl. According to www.milkprices.com The Co-ops farmgate price is up 5.5ppl (+22%) from the 25.09ppl recorded a year ago. Based on a manufacturing standard litre the March price is 31.

30/04/21

The Market

With GB production affected by the cold weather and a serious shortage of both rain and grass wholesale prices on average have continued to firm. Indeed, AHDB calculate National Production is now running 0.7% below its forecast output. It’s a similar story across Europe with overall production down although accurate up to date statistics are slow to appear.

30/04/21

340 dairy farmers (4%) left the business in 2020/21

According to AHDB’s recent milk purchaser survey the number of GB milk producers at the start of April had fallen to an estimated 8040 down 340 in a year. The average milk output on each of those 8040 farms is 1.56 million litres.

30/04/21

A & B pricing request

Anyone on A & B pricing for April and/or May please email us back with the name of your milk purchaser. Many thanks and yes you can expect a future searching story related to those responses.

29/04/21

1ppl milk price increase for Muller Direct suppliers from 1st June

This is a very welcome voluntary code compliant increase which takes producers standard liquid litre price to 28.25ppl assuming producers full fill the Muller Advantage parameters and achieve the additional 1ppl it delivers. In their press release Muller attribute the increase to “strong demand for liquid milk products combined with lower spring milk volumes from farms due to recent colder weather.

23/04/21

1.5 euro cents surprise milk price increase for Arla members puts them top of the league

Today Arla have announced a jaw dropping 1.5 euro cents price rise on its conventional and organic pools from May 1st which no one anticipated with the majority believing a stand on would be a result. The increase is worth 1.36ppl on a manufacturing standard litre taking it to 32.79ppl whilst the equivalent liquid standard litre price will be 31.55ppl. (+1.

23/04/21

1.8ppl Milk Price increase for suppliers to Wyke Farms

This is split over two months. 1ppl increase from 1st June resulting in a manufacturing standard litre price of 30.05ppl which is up 3.11ppl to that paid in June 2020. The corresponding liquid standard litre price is 29ppl. 0.8ppl increase from 1st July resulting in a manufacturing standard litre price of 30.85ppl which is up 3.91ppl to that paid in July 2020.