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30 January 2024
The GB milking herd has continued to shrink. In October, there was 42K fewer cattle in the milking herd compared to last year. Meanwhile, the number of youngstock has begun to stabilise.
30 January 2024
Over the last couple of years, the British milking herd has been shrinking. However, the latest data suggests that is could stabilise in the future
30 January 2024
The overall price index rose 1.7% at the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event. This is the fifth consecutive rise for the New Zealand based dairy commodity auction.
20 November 2019
UK cheese and butter exports were both up on the previous year in September, and year to date figures also showed strong growth.
30 January 2024
UK wholesale butter prices have been at a discount to EU prices since February 2019 but the gap has recently closed
30 January 2024
Global milk production remains muted, recording only 0.5% growth in August.
30 January 2024
It’s often difficult to marry up milk price changes quoted by companies based on standard litres, and the official average milk price paid in the UK, as quoted by Defra. September was no exception, with the Defra average put at 29.68ppl, up 0.88ppl on August, and ahead of the vast majority of “standard litre” prices quoted in our own milk price calculator. So, why the difference?
30 January 2024
Cheese imports into Japan have been increasing year-on-year since 2014
30 January 2024
During the Q3, the number of calves born to dairy dams increase by 0.4% compared to last year.
30 January 2024
How much consumer demand changes differs across products, and will depend on the size of the price change as well as how important the price is in the decision to purchase the good.
30 January 2024
Defra has now released the most recent set of accounts for Farm Business Income in England.
30 January 2024
October returns for processors making butter and SMP exceeded returns for producing mild Cheddar for the first time in 16 months