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Posted by The Dairy Group - 02/07/13 11:59AM
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 May of 1229 million litres was 23 million litres (1.8%) below last year and 212 million litres below The Dairy Group quota profile. The May butterfat was 3.91%, which was 6 points below last year. The UK annual rolling production to May 2013 has decreased to 12,859 million litres, which was 2,361 million litres (15.5%) below quota. The 12 month rolling butterfat decreases by 1 point to 4.07%, which is 10 points above the UK butterfat base of 3.97%, which reduces the under production by 231 million litres to 2,130 million litres (14.0%) below quota.
GRASS SEED – NEW 2013 season
Prices from £44/acre (14kg mixture). Five mixtures available for most situations. Special mixtures available on request.
MINERALS – new mineral tender and lower prices
Prices from £388/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 April bull proofs provides 93 bulls which meet our minimum criteria (PLI above £150, above 70% reliability, lower SCC, average or above for legs, feet & udder and above 0 for lifespan and fertility). 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 |
| 1st July | 0.30 |
| 24th June | 0.30 |
| 17th June | 0.25 |
| 10th June | 0.22 |
Best buy: 4.23% B/F @ 0.30ppl
The quota available to buy remains the same as last week at 0.30ppl for 4% fat, with the best buy at 0.30ppl for 4.23% fat.
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