In the last bulletin we asked readers to crack the milk code for the supplier of incredibly cheap milk on sale by Farm Foods at 40ppl! Numerous readers collected the Potter equivalent of a Crackerjack pencil and all identified the supplier as Payne’s Dairies. What Ian wasn’t prepared for were details of allegedly how Farm Foods have played out their recent October milk supply tender.
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Installed in January 2012, regularly serviced & updated, washed out regularly since the cows have been sold. Reason for the sale is the farm has been sold. They come with the facility to feed liquid as well as cake, which is automatically calculated. No weigh cells but concrete work already installed, Sold along with computer, 130 collars, exit gates and two milk recording samplers.
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Do you know anyone in the UK who producers Halloumi? If you do please email ianpotter@ipaquotas.co.uk
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Based on www.milkprices.com standard litres (August 1st prices in brackets) 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.
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Ian has spoken to two people who have confirmed that significant quantities of straw have already been delivered to Iceland, Denmark and Belgium with a further enquiry to deliver to Norway and demand from all four countries is very strong. In addition, one haulier is taking hay into a power station due to the shortage of straw. Anyone playing the straw market is unlikely to have budgeted for straw going to Iceland in curtain sided trucks on back loads.
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China has agreed a five year deal to import UK dairy products worth an estimated £240 million
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This takes producers’ liquid standard litre milk price to 29.5ppl.
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This takes producers’ liquid standard litre milk price to 29.5ppl and based on the www.milkprices.com manufacturing standard litre price of 29.88ppl (Chester) & 29.75ppl (Cumbria).
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This takes producers’ liquid standard litre milk price to 29.65ppl and the www.milkprices.com manufacturing standard litre price to 30.69ppl.
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This takes producers’ liquid standard litre milk price to 29.5ppl and the www.milkprices.com manufacturing standard litre price to 30.47ppl.
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Arla have announced a stand on milk price from September 1st for both its organic and conventional suppliers. The standard liquid litre price for August and September will be 30.16ppl. and for TSDG farmers 31.58ppl with Morrisons farmers receiving 31.14ppl. Based on a manufacturing standard litre the price remains at 31.38ppl. With only First Milk left to declare its September milk price once it’s confirmed we will pull together and publish a 1st September standard litre milk price league table.
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Below are the last two GDT auction results, including today’s, which come as a warning that internationally prices are no longer levelling out. All prices quoted are in US$. Note, today’s tonnage was down by 6% and the number of bidders down by 17.3% (33 bidders). 7th August 21st August (today) Average Price $3136 $3044/tonne (-3.
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