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Milk price changes
Updated 04 March 2024
The latest publicly announced milk price changes as reported by the processors.
Overview
Milk price movements
Milk prices continue the upward trajectory in March with processors reacting to the increasing returns from the market during the last few months. For March, announced price increases were generally smaller than those announced for February.
Positive to steady moves on the retail aligned contracts by most of the producers. Sainsbury’s saw an increase of 0.03ppl while M&S hold on to their price from last four months. Co-op Dairy Group and Tesco are holding steady after price increases last month.
On non-aligned contracts, prices continue to be steady for another consecutive month except Payne’s Dairies. After holding steady for the previous four months, Payne’s Dairies announced an increase of 0.50ppl for March. Other processors made no change to their prices for March. Crediton have made no change to their milk price since July 2023 while Muller Direct and Freshways continue to hold onto their pricing from November.
Most of the cheese manufacturers listed on the AHDB league table announced increases for March. The increases in cheese contracts were larger than those on liquid contracts. After having held steady for February, Saputo announced an increase of 1.50ppl. First Milk, Leprino Foods and South Caernarfon Creameries increased their March prices by 1.00ppl each. Lactalis has now moved their milk price up for three consecutive months, increasing by 0.52ppl in March. Barbers and Belton Cheese are holding steady.
Manufacturing contracts remained steady apart from UK Arla Farmers Manufacturing increasing their price by 0.88ppl. Arla Direct Manufacturing are holding steady after an impressive increase last month. Pattemores Dairy Ingredients have made no change since November.
Additional information
The milk price changes may not be fully reflected in the AHDB League Table.
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