Milk Prices Up 1.44p/litre In December

The latest milk prices release from Defra and the ONS shows that in December 2010 the average UK farm gate price of milk was 26.14p/litre, an increase of 1.44p/litre on December 2009. The butterfat content on average was 4.15% compared with 4.1% in 2009 and the average protein content in December 2010 was 3.37% compared with 3.32% in December 2009.