Milk Price Tracker

[Cows 'n grass]

UK spot milk last I heard in low 20 s and cream still in the doldrums and milk likely to be plentiful for next couple of months and majority of companies do not have product they can sell on the global market what is there to drive prices up. Potters still convinced next movement in liquid market will be down and can't see why I would disagree with him.

With butter prices so strong do we not have the processing capacity in this country to make the cream into butter and get it out of the country?

It will all least help to keep irish butter out. The Irish are not going to send product here if they can more elsewhere.

 

[frederick]

With butter prices so strong do we not have the processing capacity in this country to make the cream into butter and get it out of the country?
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It will all least help to keep irish butter out. The Irish are not going to send product here if they can more elsewhere.

I'm not sure I think a lot was exported as cream. Haven't heard how that is now going but have heard that fish and beef isn't going that well so can't see why cream would be any better.
My understanding is the UK govt is just waving everything in no checks for at least 3-6months but exporting paperwork has to be perfect. Pallets held up for 24 hours as it had UK on it rather than GB.

 

[Sid]

With butter prices so strong do we not have the processing capacity in this country to make the cream into butter and get it out of the country?
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It will all least help to keep irish butter out. The Irish are not going to send product here if they can more elsewhere.

Said he who company is probably the biggest importer of butter into the UK?

Why not utilise what we produce in the UK rather than import/export the same products

 

[Headless chicken]

Said he who company is probably the biggest importer of butter into the UK?

Why not utilise what we produce in the UK rather than import/export the same products

I think that’s to do with branding. It can only be made in one place. Could be wrong

 

[frederick]

Said he who company is probably the biggest importer of butter into the UK?

Why not utilise what we produce in the UK rather than import/export the same products

For the same reason you export your milk to the USA as cheddar.

The consumer wants to pay a premium for lurpak in the UK because they like it.
You can successfully export organic quality cheddar to the us because there is a consumer base that will pay for a product that is not domestically produced.

Your argument would suggest you should use your cheddar to displace own label imported Irish cheese in the UK even though it would probably cost you 5-7k a ton.

 

[Sid]

For the same reason you export your milk to the USA as cheddar.

The consumer wants to pay a premium for lurpak in the UK because they like it.
You can successfully export organic quality cheddar to the us because there is a consumer base that will pay for a product that is not domestically produced.

Your argument would suggest you should use your cheddar to displace own label imported Irish cheese in the UK even though it would probably cost you 5-7k a ton.

Wasn't my argument that suggested making butter.

 

[Jdunn55]

I think that’s to do with branding. It can only be made in one place. Could be wrong

Fairly sure lurpack can only be made in Denmark as part of the licensing agreement and same with anchor but cant remember where that's made. I could be wrong tho

 

[Sid]

I think that’s to do with branding. It can only be made in one place. Could be wrong

Fairly sure lurpack can only be made in Denmark as part of the licensing agreement and same with anchor but cant remember where that's made. I could be wrong tho

Lurpak is imported and can only be made in Country of origin.....just like Anchor used to be only able to be made in NZ.
Now its made in Wiltshire.

Imagine the furour if the largest butter brand in the UK was imported and not RT.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Said he who company is probably the biggest importer of butter into the UK?

Why not utilise what we produce in the UK rather than import/export the same products

Me personally or Arla?

I'd be surprised if I wasn't in the top 1% of Lurpak consumers. There are few foods that I won't add butter to.

The difference is that every pack of Lurpak sold in the UK helps to bolster the UK Arla price which also helps pull up the price for everyone else.

 

[lazy farmer]

I’m sorry arla fans but it is daft to be importing butter when we have surplus product that could be made into butter being sold at distressed prices.

 

[jackrussell101]

Aligned contracts and Arla's what's fooked the UK milk market for the rest of us.

 

[lazy farmer]

Disagree there.(about arla)

 

[Sid]

I’m sorry arla fans but it is daft to be importing butter when we have surplus product that could be made into butter being sold at distressed prices.

If we have capacity to do so.

 

[Kiss]

What’s fooked the uk market is farmers not sticking by together imagine the uk prices if Arla weren’t here
You can’t really complain about what you get for your milk to much if you sell milk, if you’ve invested into turning it into something else or further to point of sale you should reep the rewards


Yew tree had plans for a butter plant with the intentions of exporting it to France,

 

[Keep On]

I’m sorry arla fans but it is daft to be importing butter when we have surplus product that could be made into butter being sold at distressed prices.

Nothing stopping other processors having a go at investing, branding and marketing their own butter. If they want to play around at the liquid job then the price will reflect those returns.

 

[Sid]

Nothing stopping other processors having a go at investing, branding and marketing their own butter. If they want to play around at the liquid job then the price will reflect those returns.

Liquid is no longer a premium product

 

[frederick]

I’m sorry arla fans but it is daft to be importing butter when we have surplus product that could be made into butter being sold at distressed prices.

Don't think arla sell very much butter at distressed prices. Don't think arla probably buy enough milk to make the amount of butter they sell in the UK so to do as you say arla would actually have to hand market share to other companies

 

[lazy farmer]

That’s the rub of being part of a multinational company. You may end up doing things that do your own country no favours.

 

[frederick]

That’s the rub of being part of a multinational company. You may end up doing things that do your own country no favours.

I can't see barbers ringing up saputo and saying I've just got this value added market would you mind filling it with your cheese and taking the profit.

 

[frederick]

That’s the rub of being part of a multinational company. You may end up doing things that do your own country no favours.

According to that logic barbers should be ringing up freshways and saying cheese market is buoyant I can turn your milk into cheese and make you more profit but it will increase cheese supply so pull the market down a bit but even though barber producers will suffer the average barber freshways price will be better and that would be good for the country as a whole.
Can't see you as a barbers supplier thinking that's a good idea.