1ppl milk price reduction for Dairy Crest (Davidstow) suppliers – from 1st February
This takes producers’ standard manufacturing litre price to 31ppl and 29.92ppl based on a standard liquid litre.
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1ppl milk price reduction for suppliers to Joseph Heler Cheese – from February 1st
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1ppl milk price reduction for suppliers to Belton Farm (Cheesemakers) – from 1st February
This reduces producers’ standard manufacturing litre price to 29.75ppl and the standard liquid litre price to 29ppl.
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1ppl milk price reduction for suppliers Yew Tree Dairy – from 1st February
This takes producers standard litre price to 29ppl.
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0.75ppl milk price reduction for suppliers to Meadow Foods – from February 1st
This takes producers’ standard liquid litre price to 29ppl.
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0.5ppl milk price reduction for suppliers to Grahams Dairy Scotland – from January 1st
This takes producers’ standard liquid litre price to 29.25ppl
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Crediton Dairy to hold its farm gate milk price at 31ppl until at least March 1st
The 31ppl is based on a liquid standard litre and this is likely to remain a chart topping farm gate milk price for at least the first two months of 2018. The 31ppl price has been paid for four consecutive months (November to February inclusive).
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Barbers Farmhouse Cheesemakers to hold its farm gate milk price until at least March 1st
This means for four consecutive months (November to February inclusive) Barbers manufacturing standard litre price has been a healthy 31.193ppl and its liquid standard litre 30.074ppl.
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Shock 332 million litres extra production previously unreported
DEFRA are clearly still encountering problems reporting UK milk statistics and the latest bombshell came yesterday (4th January) with a shock upward revision of production for the calendar year 2017. The January to October UK production has been increased by a whopping 332million litre, equivalent to almost an additional 1.1 million litres everyday. A DEFRA spokesperson has commented to Ian that this revision is “due to new information becoming available for some companies in England and Wales”.
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Arla take 100 million litres off Muller in battle to supply Aldi
The outcome of the recent Aldi liquid tender is that Arla have won an additional two regions in England and Wales currently supplied by Muller which amount to around 100 million litres. From October Muller will supply Aldi in two regions with around 60 million litres annually, which will be less than 20% of the combined Arla/Muller literage. Ian calculates Arla will then be Aldi’s dominant supplier having easily in excess of 80% of Aldi’s liquid and cream business, especially given Aldi’s speed of growth.
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GDT’s first milk auction of 2018 was up 2.2%
The average auction price this week was up 2.2%. Key movers were: WMP up 4.2% to average US$2886 tonne SMP up 1.6% to average US$1699 tonne Cheddar down 2.1% to average US$3317 tonne Meanwhile, Fonterra has revised its forecast New Zealand milk output down by 4% due to seriously dry conditions, which has hit milk output.
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New Strategy Director at AHDB Dairy
Former Communication Director at First Milk, Paul Flanagan has started his new role as Strategy Director, at AHDB dairy stepping into the role for at least the next 6 months. The AHDB role will be challenging but Flanagan has a track record in this area having handled First Milks Communications for more than 11 years which was certainly challenging.
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