Showing posts with label milk price. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milk price. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 February 2013

Milk Up 0.74 Pence

The average farm gate price of milk increased by 0.74p/litre to 30.08p/litre in December 2012 compared with December 2011. The average butterfat content fell slightly from 4.2% in 2011 to 4.18% in 2012 and the protein content also fell from 3.31% in December 2011 to 3.3% in 2012.

Monday, 2 July 2012

Milk Prices Increase In May

The average UK farm gate price of milk in May 2012 was 26.98p/litre, 0.6p/litre higher than May 2011, but down from the 27.83p/litre of April. The averager butterfat content was 3.97%, up from 3.9% last May but down on the 4.06% of April. The average protein content of UK milk was 3.24% the same as last May, but down from the 3.26% of April.

Friday, 28 October 2011

Farm Gate Price Of Milk Increase Of 2.79p/litre In September

The latest milk prices release from Defra shows that the farm gate price of milk increased by 2.79p to 28.03p/litre in September. The average butterfat content was 4.09% and the protein content was 3.31% compared with 3.92% and 3.33% respectively in September 2010.

Thursday, 13 January 2011

Another Increase In Farm Gate Milk Prices In November

The UK farm gate milk price in pence per litre increased by 1.29p in November compared with November 2009 according to a national statistics release from Defra. The price per litre in November 2010 was 26.16p compared with 24.87p in November 2009 and with 25.63p in October. The butterfat content of UK milk was 4.11% on average compared with 4.08% in November 2009 and 4.03% in October. The average protein content of UK milk in November 2010 was 3.36% compared with 3.34% in November 2009 but the same as October 2010 and November 2008.