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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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02/11/20

Belton Farm (Cheese) to Stand On Until 1st January

This maintains producers manufacturing standard litre price at 27.5ppl and based on a liquid standard litre at 26.75ppl.

02/11/20

Covid19 Restrictions Bite the Dairy Industry Again

The weekends Covid19 Lockdown announcement is a big blow, particularly for middle ground liquid processors reliant on hospitality food service/restaurant business. As soon as the lockdown announcement was made on Saturday evening, orders were cancelled or reduced and this morning two processors report deliveries to customers were turned away. The other impact has been the immediate issue of cash flow delays for deliveries already received as customers pull in the reins.

02/11/20

Dairy Tech 2021 Cancelled to be replaced with an Online Event

RABDF’s Dairy Tech 2021 is the latest Covid19 victim however, all is not lost because an online event will run 3rd to 17th February 2021, when delegates will be able to login from the home/farm. Further details expected soon.

02/11/20

Red Tractor Chair to Quit

Following last week’s surprise revelation that Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe effectively voted for lower food standards, it has been announced she is standing down from her position as Chairman on November 12th after a 3-year term of office. The best Red Tractor and the Baroness could come up with, which has resulted in raised eyebrows, is that she had decided not to seek a second term of office.

26/10/20

Red Tractor Chair to Quit

Following last week’s surprise revelation that Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe effectively voted for lower food standards, it has been announced she is standing down from her position as Chairman on November 12th after a 3-year term of office. The best Red Tractor and the Baroness could come up with is that she had decided not to seek a second term of office, which in itself has resulted in raised eyebrows.

23/10/20

Stand On Price for Suppliers to Wyke Farms (Cheese) until 1st December

This maintains producers manufacturing standard litre price at 29.01ppl and based on a liquid standard litre 28ppl.

23/10/20

Calls for Red Tractor Chairman to Stand Down Immediately

There are loud calls for Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe to immediately stand down as charman of Red Tractor following her surprise decision to effectively vote for lower food standards. It’s a jaw dropping decision by the Baroness, who on Tuesday voted against Lord Curry’s amendment to include powers in the new Agriculture Bill aimed at protecting British farmers in a post Brexit world from floods of cheap food imports produced to lower standards.

23/10/20

Spanish Eggs in Sainsburys

How does this make any sense when layers sheds are standing empty in the UK? This joins last week’s Polish Cauliflowers in Tesco.

23/10/20

0.9ppl Milk Price increase to 30.66ppl for Arla Conventional Members – from 1st November

Arla continue to be the main GB farmgate milk price pace setter having today announced a further 0.9ppl November increase which will once again have several milk purchasers scratching their heads as to how they can keep up. This latest increase takes producers manufacturing standard liquid litre price to 30.66ppl and based on a liquid standard litre to 29.

23/10/20

0.9ppl Milk Price Increase for Arla Organic Members – from 1st November

This latest increase takes producers manufacturing standard litre price to 39.02ppl and based on a liquid standard litre to 37.56ppl.

20/10/20

GDT Auction up 0.4% today for a third consecutive time

Todays auction saw a 0.4% lift in the average price achieved to US $3159 tonne. This is the third consecutive auction increase. Total quantity sold was 34,648 tonnes. Notable movements were: Butter up 3.3% to average $3678 tonne Cheddar up 3.0% to average $3803 tonne WMP up 0.3% to average $3037 tonne SMP down 0.2% to average $2851 tonne

19/10/20

0.5ppl Milk Price increase for suppliers to South Caernarfon Creameries Co-op from 1st November

Only two weeks ago SCC declared no change for November so this increase came as a surprise bonus and is as a result of a strong set of financials and performance in the first half of the year. The extra 0.5ppl takes producers www.milkprices.com standard manufacturing litre price to 28.53ppl and based on a liquid standard litre to 27.57ppl.