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Dairy Market Report 8th May 2012
Posted by The Dairy Group - 09/05/12 02:13PM

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       

 

The Dairy Group

Dairy market report 8th May 2012

UK milk production: The UK unadjusted production in April of 1203 million litres was 11 million litres (0.9%) above last year and 139 million litres below The Dairy Group quota profile. The April butterfat was 4.06%, which was 4 points above last year. The UK annual rolling production to April 2012 has decreased to 13,467 million litres (due to a downward adjustment to the March production of 23 million litres), which was 1527 million litres (10.2%) below quota. The 12 month rolling butterfat remains at 4.06%, which is 9 points above the UK butterfat base of 3.97%, which reduces the under production by 218 million litres to 1309 million litres (8.7%) below quota. The wet April weather has tempered the milk production increase, down from +2.7% last month to +0.9% in April.

 

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. The semen price used in the bull list is the list price. If we can put together a large order we could achieve a cost saving of at least 30%. To receive the bull list contact the office and to be included in our bulk order indicate your requirement by 31st May.

 

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

8th May

0.48

N/A

N/A

30th  April

0.46

N/A

N/A

 2nd April 23rd April

0.47

N/A

N/A

16th April

0.50

N/A

N/A

Today’s Best Deals –Purchase: 4.01% B/F @ 0.30ppl 4.04% B/F @ 0.50ppl       

Purchase: The quota available to buy remains similar to last at 0.48ppl for 4% fat, with the best buy at 0.30ppl for 4.01% fat.



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