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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

UKmilk production:The UKunadjusted production in June of 1174 million litres was 2 million litres (0.1%) above last year and 136 million litres below The Dairy Group quota profile. The June butterfat was 3.93%, which was 1 point below last year. The UK annual rolling production to June 2012 has increased slightly to 13,470 million litres, which was 1525 million litres (10.2%) 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 1283 million litres (8.6%) below quota.

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

Today’s Best Deals –　Purchase: 3.93% B/F @ 0.15ppl 4.17% B/F @ 0.21ppl 　　　 　　

Purchase: The quota available to buy has reduced to 0.19ppl for 4% fat, with the best buys at 0.15ppl for 3.93% fat & 0.21ppl for 4.17% fat.