Muller Lidl fixed litres +3.5p from 1st May
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Milkcow365
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- Sw Scotland
Yew tree didn’t call force majeure during covid and make me dump milk or anything works both ways as long as the moneys in every month I’m happy, some didn’t even manage that during covid
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- Wormingford, Essex
I'd no idea how it works, so that's a useful explanation. But (genuine question) if a feed company, for example, calls force majeure on a contract is it because there is no wheat available, or because wheat has leapt up in price?
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- somerset
like ours have all been 'done' +£20 ton from tomorrow.
what they can do, and get away with, isn't the same as they would allow us, to.
I was under the impression, that with forward contracts, and group contracts, they tended to buy forward, to cover the quoted price, or at least a % of. Perhaps they thought prices would go down, in the summer, l mean, surely they wouldn't buy forward, and then tell us, force majeure would they ..................?
lazy farmer
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- som/dor border
We buy a blend. And have had no issues with increased prices with force majure. Why is there a difference ?
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- somerset
letter in the post, due to unexpectedly high costs, blah blah blah.
Kingofgrass
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Fixed some middle of last year for this year,it’s returning 33
first time we ever been the wrong side of it, unfixed price for Feb was 40.7 4.83fat 3.63 pro
They said +2p for March
Also had email other week saying expect 4-5p increase in the next few months
he’s signed a few Tescos up lately
He’s put in for planning for a digester to produce his own gas for drier (would be the biggest in the country if he gets it)
TheRanger
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- SW Scotland
Do Muller still charge Scottish producers a 0.25ppl haulage charge?
And if so do they plan on increasing it due to the price of fuel?
And if so do they plan on increasing it due to the price of fuel?
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frederick
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- south west
Now I'm no expert but I would have thought if the feed company can still supply the same product force majeure would be questionable.
But who of us actually read a feed contract and how real of a contract is it sometimes. There is probably some small print that allows for fuel increases or similar.
But sometimes it might be better to get something at an increase rather than nothing at all or returning to the open market.
lazy farmer
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- som/dor border
Still don’t understand why my blend hasn’t gone up ? Is it because they had to buy the Raw ingredients for mine at the time and perhaps they don’t for concentrate contracts ?
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- Wormingford, Essex
The mill I get my feed from said they buy in three month blocks. All the ingredients needed for the next three months are bought at a set price and they sell the feed for their set price for that three month period. Unusually, the price jumped up significantly last autumn and fixed at that level for a longer period. It looked expensive then, and looks better now (because everything else has gone up to), but they are now coming to the end of the period and I'm not looking forward to hearing how much the next periods prices will have gone up by.
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- somerset
heard anywhere between £400 and £500, all complete guesses. A lot depends on putrid and what he decides to do, unfortunately l think its going to rumble on.
On the bright side, got 18 acres of wheat, and 12 acres of s barley, all to feed, that should help out fairly well.
400/500 for what?
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- Wormingford, Essex
Not dairy feed, but I've been getting some cereal blend for our beef animals, it started at £275/ton in a bulk bag, delivered. The next 2 months it was £285, we ordered another ton last month and they said it was £310 and about to go up again. Its made from waste products!
cattow
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- Leicestershire J11 M42
I know a couple of people who are loading barley sold in the £160’s
Morgatroid
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Yes, all Muller suppliers in Scotland pay a haulage charge. I think 0.21 is the lowest banding.
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- somerset
cow cake, what it actually will be, is anyone's guess, and that is about all anyone can do, to many external factors, that will dictate price, and some pretty dodgy characters sat behind computer screens, playing the futures market, for every penny they can squeeze out of manipulating the mkt.
Obviously worked with oil, Biden announces he might release vast reserves, price dropped. How long before that reduction shows at the pumps.
Had a letter from KW few days ago stating that with immediate effect contracted feed - from liquids right through to blends etc - was going up by between £5-10/tonne
Feed stuffs bought on the spot or monthly were unaffected as this rise had already been factored in
No ifs, no buts
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- God's side of the border.
Marginal litres will be made to look even more expensive