lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Yes. Solids output was higher in Aug than July.
Down to 1.9 now.
Milk Price Tracker
- Thread starter rc mx110
- Start date
Down to 1.9 now.
dinderleat
Member
- Location
- Wells
Fair going then
That's a good milk price
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Arla August
5.8
3.8
39.7ppl
5.8
3.8
39.7ppl
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
That's better [emoji23]
Are you on a special contract or something or just because of quality of milk?
dinderleat
Member
- Location
- Wells
He’s paid on percentages
What breed do you keep?
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Arla manufacturing
Mostly jersey, a few mongrels crept in this year with a few more to come in next year
Makes me think when I see you on tho prices. Would you say that the job pays very well?
All 2 liters pay very well.
Joking aside, arla want cowsngrass constituents but also want his calves to live a long happy life.....
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Solids ?
I guess not many litres sold which goes against the milk price. If I could have that price then job would pay.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
You need to know your COP per kg of solids. From there you can decide whether mongrels are the way forward for you.
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Maybe somewhere in the middle!
- Location
- Suffolk, UK
I'm fascinated by this.. on the basis that your getting 39.7ppl average and for eg. ASDA price at the moment ranging from 59ppl to 63ppl whom is getting the lion share of profit? the processor or the shop ?
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
If Asda were selling milk of that quality in bottles it would be priced a lot higher than 59-63ppl.
And it wouldn't be easy to pour out ?
buffalo_soldier
Member
- Location
- cumbria
It's not quite as simple as that. It can be described generally:
On a constituents basis an ex farm price for a standard litre of milk in the supermarket own brands is around 25ppl currently. It will have varied from 16ppl to 30ppl in recent years.
However the own brand milk in most is tied to specific producers and they receive a set price for it.
As for profits, Farms can vary wildly, processors generally work on tiny margins and supermarkets post profits in the billions.
There are also products available from producer cooperatives where indeed any profit generated finds it way back to the farm however.