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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 January of 1119 million litres was 22 million litres (2.1%) above last year and 135 million litres below The Dairy Group quota profile. The January butterfat was 4.14%, which was 11 points above last year. The UK annual rolling production to January 2012 has increased to 13,429 million litres, which was 1566 million litres (10.4%) below quota. The 12 month rolling butterfat increases to 4.05%, which is 8 points above the UK butterfat base of 3.97%, which reduces the under production by 193 million litres to 1373 million litres (9.2%) below quota.

MAIZE SEED - NEW

Prices from £55/acre (45,000 seeds/acre) for NIAB first choice varieties, including Mesurol seed dressing. A wide range of varieties from maturity class 6 to 12. Cruiser & Poncho seed dressings must be ordered by mid February.

GRASS SEED - NEW

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

MINERALS ~ prices down 4% with our latest tender

Prices from £399/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.

SEMEN & BULL SELECTOR

The Dairy Group Top 20 bulls are on line at decision support on www.dairy-mci.com. You can now select on sexed semen. Enter your own breeding requirements and the Bull Selector will list your best value for money bulls. We can then help you to source the semen at a competitive price.

MILK QUOTA

Today’s Best Deals –　 Lease:　 3.85% B/F @ 0.01ppl 4.24% B/F @ 0.10pl

                            Purchase: 3.98% B/F @ 0.20ppl 4.14% B/F @ 0.30ppl 　　　 　　

Lease: The leasing price remains the same at 0.07ppl for 4% fat, with best buys at 0.01ppl for 3.85% fat.

Purchase: The purchase price has increased to 0.33ppl for 4% fat, with best buys at 0.20ppl for 3.98% fat.