Market Information

This section delivers a variety of dairy industry data, analysis and information to inform dairy related businesses.

Key statistics	Value	Percentage Changes	Next update (Week Commencing)
AMPE - Aug 2018	33.2ppl	4% (mom)	23/09/2018
MCVE - Aug 2018	33.6ppl	+1% (mom)	23/09/2018
UK Cream Wholesale Price - Aug 2018	£2,230/tonne	4% (mom)	23/09/2018
Cream Income to a Liquid Processor - Aug 2018	13.09ppl	+4% (mom)	23/09/2018
UK Monthly Farmgate Prices - July 2018	28.56ppl	+5.1% (mom)	27/09/2018
Monthly Fuel Tracker - UK Red Diesel - August 2018	63.66ppl	1.0% (mom)	05/10/2018
UK Monthly Milk Production - July 2018	1,230m litres	0.4% (yoy)	12/10/2018

(mom) = month-on-month-comparison
(yoy) = year-on-year-comparison

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Latest News & Analysis

The cost of supporting yields through the summer
According to the latest data from Kingshay, milk yields per cow per day held up reasonably well through the hot, dry months of May, June and July. However, this was only achieved by farmers using silage stocks, and an increasing amount of concentrate feed. 19 September 2018
GB milk production back in line with last year
Average daily milk production is back in line with a year ago, according to the latest daily deliveries for the week ending 8 September. 18 September 2018
EU-Oceania price gap for butter hits 10-year high
According to USDA data, EU butter prices averaged $6,600 per tonne in August, $1,925 higher than the average for Oceania, the highest premium recorded since the middle of 2007. The question is, how long can such a large disparity be sustained? 18 September 2018

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