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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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04/02/22

1.5ppl milk price increase for Belton Farm (cheese) suppliers – from 1st March

This increases producers manufacturing standard litre price to 35.55ppl and based on a liquid standard litre to 33.8ppl. The increase is split into two parts 0.5ppl is a price increase with the remaining 1ppl (2 x 0.5ppl) a new bonus for Bactoscan results of 30,000 or less together with SCC of 2000,000 or less with a 0.5ppl bonus available to each.

04/02/22

0.5ppl milk price increase for Crediton Dairy Suppliers – from 1st March

This increases producers liquid standard litre price to 35ppl

04/02/22

0.5ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Dale Farm in Northern Ireland – from 1st December

This increase results in a standard liquid litre price of 34.09ppl for December deliveries.

04/02/22

Deliveries update

Global deliveries to processors are failing to meet demand and domestically AHDB dairys latest forecast is for the year to 31st March 2022 to record a 1.2% drop on that recorded last year representing 150 million litres or (4.4 days less average UK production)

04/02/22

Rumours of a possible farmgate price cut

There are very strong rumours that as a direct result of a major UK coffee chain refusing to accept price increases, as necessary for both supplying farmers and processors, one processor is likely to be faced with no alternative other than to reduce its farmgate milk price by 1ppl or more from 1st March (at the latest). This would be completely against the direction of flow and smacks of a commercial team failing to understand the realities, they could may quickly be educated on the law of unintended consequences.

04/02/22

Liquid Processors starting to open the recruitment doors

Having completed a £3 million expansion resulting is a processing capacity in excess of 1.5 million litres day Paynes Dairies (liquid) are now recruiting producers. In addition, Wells Farm Dairy (liquid) and Freshways are both actively recruiting.

04/02/22

GDT price index highest since March 2014

This weeks GDT average price averaged $4630 tonne the highest average since March 2014 and up 4.1% on only 2 weeks. Total sold 28,463 tonnes to 111 winning bidders with 162 bidders involved. Notable prices were WMP + 5.8% to average US $4324 tonne Butter + 3.3% to average US $6359 tonne Cheddar + 2.4% to average US $ 5684 tonne SMP + 2.

04/02/22

Valentine’s day BBC1 Panorama Programme

A 30-minute Panorama Dairy Programme on February 14th aims to reveal the truth about the British Dairy Industry covering animal welfare standards, how dairy products are produced with footage from three “very different” dairy farms in Scotland, England and Wales

04/02/22

OMSCO loosing producers

During January Ian was contacted by five OMSCO members all of whom have decided that based on the current OMSCO farmgate milk price and its rather “foggy outlook”” they should exit Organic and find a conventional processor. This is a very tough call but appears to now be necessary following OMSCO’S whopping but necessary price correction in the Autumn, coupled with horrendous cost inflation which they cannot absorb.

27/01/22

1ppl milk price increase for members of South Caernarfon Creameries (cheese) from 1st March

This increases producers manufacturing standard litre price to 36ppl and based on a liquid standard litre to 34.79ppl

27/01/22

3ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Wells Farm Dairy Suppliers (liquid)

This is spilt 1ppl from 1st February and an additional 2ppl on 1st March to take producers standard liquid litre price to circa 36.2ppl

27/01/22

1.6ppl milk price increase for conventional Arla directs (non-Arla members) from 1st February

This increases producers liquid standard litre price to 33.6ppl