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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 July of 1107 million litres was 54 million litres (4.7%) below last year and 172 million litres below The Dairy Group quota profile. The July butterfat was 3.94%, which was 2 points above last year. The UK annual rolling production to July 2012 has decreased to 13,418 million litres, which was 1576 million litres (10.5%) below quota. The 12 month rolling butterfat remains at 4.07%, which is 10 points above the UK butterfat base of 3.97%, which reduces the under production by 242 million litres to 1334 million litres (8.9%) below quota.

Livestock Event 4/5 September at the NEC: Come and see us on stand BM189.

GRASS SEED

Prices from £37/acre (14kg mixture). Five mixtures available for most situations. Special mixtures available on request.

MINERALS

Prices from £404/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

Best buys: 3.95% B/F @ 0.15ppl 4.34% B/F @ 0.20ppl 　　　 　　

The quota available to buy remains the same as last week at 0.17ppl for 4% fat, with the best buys at 0.15ppl for 3.95% fat & 0.20ppl for 4.34% fat.