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Posted by The Dairy Group - 30/10/12 10:23AM
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Press info from The Dairy Group Oct/12
Posted by The Dairy Group - 23/10/12 04:16PM
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The Dairy Market Report - 22nd October 2012
Posted by The Dairy Group - 22/10/12 11:29AM
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UK milk production: The UK unadjusted production in September of 994 million litres was 49 million litres (4.7%) below last year and 179 million litres below The Dairy Group quota profile. The September butterfat was 4.11%, which was 1 point above last year.
The UK annual rolling production to September 2012 has decreased to 13,346 million litres, which was 1799 million litres (11.9%) 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 240 million litres to 1559 million litres (10.3%) below quota.
MINERALS ~ new prices
Prices from £402/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.
Holstein semen: Our analysis of the August 2012 bull proofs provides 80 bulls which meet our minimum criteria (PLI above £150, above 75% reliability, lower SCC, average or above for legs, feet & udder) with semen prices from £10/straw for conventional and £25/straw for sexed. Ring the office for more details or discuss with your consultant.
DAIRY COMPOUND FEED
You can save up to 10% 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 |
| 15th October | 0.12 |
| 8th October | 0.18 |
| 1st October | 0.20 |
| 24th September | 0.18 |
The quota available to buy has reduced to 0.12ppl for 4% fat, with the best buys at 0.10ppl for 4.04% fat & 0.15ppl for 4.06% fat.
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