Prices paid to dairy farmers have increased again in October giving another record high UK average farm gate milk price of 33.5p/litre. It is a 15% increase over the year (29.1p/l in October 2012).
The average butterfat content of UK milk was 4.08%, 2.6% lower than last year and the average protein content was 3.31%, 0.02% lower than last year.
The latest monthly information regarding the prices milk prices and the butterfat and protein content of milk in the UK sujggests that in May 2013 the average farm gate price of milk was 29.82p/litre, up 2.89p/litre on the previous year.
The average butterfat content was 3.91% compared with 3.97% last year and the average protein content was 3.22% compared with 3.24% last year.
The average farm gate price of milk in the UK in April 2013 was 30.09 pence/litre. In April 2012 the price per litre was 2.26p less than this year. The average butterfat content was 4.1% (4.06% in April 2012) and the protein content was 3.22% (3.27% in April 2012). The price of milk has risen every month since the new year after a fall between December and January.
