buffalo_soldier
Member
- Location
- cumbria
Arnt both those items more expensive than milk though?
Milk Price Tracker
- Thread starter rc mx110
- Start date
Arnt both those items more expensive than milk though?
Tesco bottled water, you'd soon go scat.
dogglercowman1
Member
how much salt would you need for 50 litres of water in 4000 litres of milk....not something i would ever risk though.....just a mate of mine was interested and sells his milk to first milk....or should i say gives it to first milk!!
dogglercowman1
Member
just trying to put a bit of humour into an otherwise rubbish situation dairy job is in at moment.........serious note...i wouldnt put water in my milk on the 1 occasion it happened accidently my purchaser sent letter about it and we ended up with an inspection not long after!!!!!!
buffalo_soldier
Member
- Location
- cumbria
I accidently put a cold water rinse in the tank once, about 100l. Rang my purchaser about it and they told me to discard the milk so I guess its something they really frown upon.
jade35
Member
- Location
- S E Cornwall
Thick Farmer
Member
- Location
- West Wales
Excellent. Now find another study for adding salt to water to decrease freezing point and you're onto a winner!
jade35
Member
- Location
- S E Cornwall
Excellent. Now find another study for adding salt to water to decrease freezing point and you're onto a winner!
More to life
Member
- Location
- Somerset
Gdt down 1.3% today but only 1.3% if your a glass half full type.
cattow
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire J11 M42
Are you one of the lucky ones who's price isn't dropping 1.2p for June ?
happycows
Member
- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
Potter in the dairy farmer magazine article put my feelings into words perfectly today. well worth a read. Those sorts of prices from first milk whilst Tesco farmers getting 32 and more for volume and solids is just not on and needs sorting.
Last edited:
happycows
Member
- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
I'm in the middle with Arla and my price is probably representative of the market. I wouldn't be interested in protesting at my price but would be there to see some fairness brought from Tesco to first milk.
- Location
- South Molton
Because its a small percentage of their useage. So 30ppl don't matter when its diluted. Then they shout we pay our producers a fair price. Divide and rule!
Moors Farmer
Member
- Location
- Somerset
Just to confirm, the Tesco price for a standard litre is 30.93 for a standard litre of 3.85% fat, 3.00% protein. There is no bonus for fat and protein above these figures. Volume bonus would max out at 0.3ppl for collections of over 5000ltrs per day.
I'd agree, it is indeed a very good price with a huge disparity between processors and contracts. However, it doesn't seem very long ago that AML and AMCO were receiving in excess of 40ppl, whereas the aligned suppliers most certainly weren't. So we all have to take the rough with the smooth.
Tesco have a group of First Milk members within the TSDG - not sure of numbers though, or whether FM TSDG members actually benefit from the TSDG price.
Expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for farmers published
Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer from July will give the sector a clear path forward and boost farm business resilience.
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...