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Posted by The Dairy Group - 12/06/12 09:46AM
In this article you will view this weeks Dairy Group Dairy Market Report . This report can be viewed in our News system or by document download
UK milk production: The UK unadjusted production in May of 1250 million litres was 3 million litres (0.2%) below last year and 177 million litres below The Dairy Group quota profile. The May butterfat was 3.97%, which was 7 points above last year. The UK annual rolling production to May 2012 has decreased to 13,466 million litres, which was 1529 million litres (10.2%) below quota. The 12 month rolling butterfat increases to 4.07%, which is 10 points above the UK butterfat base of 3.97%, which reduces the under production by 242 million litres to 1287 million litres (8.6%) below quota.
BULL SEMEN - £226 PLI bull for £12/straw
Our latest bull analysis short lists 97 bulls which meet our strict selection criteria (PLI >£140 with a reliability of >70%) The ranking is on £MASC which is the Margin After Semen Cost. To receive the bull list & to place any orders contact the office.
GRASS SEED
Prices from £37/acre (14kg mixture). Five mixtures available for most situations. Special mixtures available on request.
MINERALS
Prices from £407/t for our high quality dairy mineral with discounts for larger orders. There are 10 different mixes available (plus 4 organic) to cover the majority of situations including minerals for youngstock, beef and sheep.
DAIRY COMPOUND FEED
You can save up to 20% on the price of your dairy cake by joining one of our feed groups. We typically specify six high quality dairy cakes with a minimum 13 ME. Our group cakes are randomly sampled and independently analysed to ensure they achieve our high quality specification. Ring the Taunton office for more details.
PROTECTED FATS & STRAIGHTS
We can source a range of straights (urea, limestone flour, magnesium chloride, etc.) and the following fats at very competitive rates:
C16 100% fat; 85% C16 fat:
Calcium soap 84% fat; 32 MJ/kg DM.
MILK QUOTA
DATE |
CLEAN PPL |
USED PPL |
LEASE PPL |
11th June |
0.27 |
N/A |
N/A |
5th June |
0.27 |
N/A |
N/A |
28th May |
0.27 |
N/A |
N/A |
21st May |
0.42 |
N/A |
N/A |
Today’s Best Deals – Purchase: 4.06% B/F @ 0.20ppl 4.15% B/F @ 0.30ppl
Purchase: The quota available to buy remains the same as last week at 0.27ppl for 4% fat, with the best buy at 0.20ppl for 4.06% fat.
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