Milk Price Tracker

[betweenthelines]

Processors have an easy ride because farmers really don't understand the milk market, as this thread proves.

The UK milk products market is less than 70% self sufficient in milk, so references to so called world prices are partially correct, however over 45% of fresh milk is sold on the liquid retail market.

So only about 30% (at most) of the ex farm price is subject to open market prices and the rest is dictated by the retail price. You'd have to see the shop price of fresh milk cheese butter etc goes down by 10% to reduce ex farm prices by about 1p per litre.

Likewise, where's the money coming from for a price increase unless the processors have been doing well recently?

 

[lazy farmer]

No email either,how do they think they are going to get the extra milk they need with there current pricing?

isnt it the second highest solids milk price in the country currently ?

 

[lazy farmer]

Processors have an easy ride because farmers really don't understand the milk market, as this thread proves.

The UK milk products market is less than 70% self sufficient in milk, so references to so called world prices are partially correct, however over 45% of fresh milk is sold on the liquid retail market.

So only about 30% (at most) of the ex farm price is subject to open market prices and the rest is dictated by the retail price. You'd have to see the shop price of fresh milk cheese butter etc goes down by 10% to reduce ex farm prices by about 1p per litre.

Likewise, where's the money coming from for a price increase unless the processors have been doing well recently?

I think your the one who doesn't understand markets.
the only way your argument works is we produce less than the 45% of fresh milk you talk of all the rest is cheaply importable.
recent higher price are due unsurprising to higher European commodity prices.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

isnt it the second highest solids milk price in the country currently ?

After yours?

 

[lazy farmer]

After yours?

No yours. We are 30.68

 

[Cows 'n grass]

No yours. We are 30.68

It's not often we're ahead of you but it makes a nice change.

 

[lazy farmer]

It's not often we're ahead of you but it makes a nice change.

That’s what my milk buyer said last week

 

[Dragon]

No yours. We are 30.68

Nope i stand corrected the supplement Is not included in milkprices.com calcs.
So DC are 3rd @ 30.4

 

[Friesianfan]

Just for @Beef farmer . Roddas are 30.18 for standard litre for October to January quarter. Most in the group get more than this for higher quality. Last month I got 32ppl on the lower last quarter price for 4.65 fat and 3.68 protein. I’d get over 34ppl for that quality on the new price

 

[sidjon]

Have we hit the high now??

 

[coomoo]

Have we hit the high now??View attachment 725576

Doesn’t make good reading. Milk up profits.... down

 

[it's not over]

Yip but you're all forgetting milk will be good medium to long term.......how many years have I heard that sh!t

 

[dinderleat]

Supply hasn’t dropped like everyone thought it would and have told buyers there was a shortage of milk but there isn’t because people have fed a lot more cake to make up the short fall of fodder, plus with the flush of grass in some areas and a good autumn cows have been milking really well.

 

[jersey lou79]

Joy if joys!!

 

[lazy farmer]

It’s going well at muller UK
Not.
https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/midlands/2-sisters-chief-poaches-senior-hires-from-muller

 

[betweenthelines]

Since the takeover of DC milk by Muller, they, Muller have seemed to be content to let the DC management take over running things anyway. So much so that staff are asking who took over who?

 

[Bald Rick]

Chatting over a brew with my buyer today. Thinks we’ll be lucky to get to Christmas without a drop of at least a penny. All hangs on arla’s next move due in a few weeks.. Muller were all lined up to drop this month apparently

 

[lazy farmer]

Chatting over a brew with my buyer today. Thinks we’ll be lucky to get to Christmas without a drop of at least a penny. All hangs on arla’s next move due in a few weeks.. Muller were all lined up to drop this month apparently

Mind said the same. It’s realistic but pathetic they don’t have minds of their own!

 

[pappuller]

Mind said the same. It’s realistic but pathetic they don’t have minds of their own!

IT will be interesting to see if the summer will have any future impact on uk and European milk prices as we move into 2019.

 

[lazy farmer]

IT will be interesting to see if the summer will have any future impact on uk and European milk prices as we move into 2019.

It has too much milk!