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Farmgate Milk Prices
Published 13 June 2008

 

Average Farmgate Price

Latest data from Defra gives a provisional farmgate price for April of 24.91ppl. This is 0.86ppl (3.3%) less than the average price for March. With no formal reductions in milk prices, the fall in the farmgate price is due to seasonal price fluctuations. Annual comparisons show that the April 2008 milk price is 7.36ppl (41.9%) more than the average price in April 2007.

The UK price is made up of average prices from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In April, the Northern Ireland farmgate price fell by 1.62ppl (6.8%) to an average of 22.31ppl. However, this price is 5.41ppl (32.0%) more than the average price in April 2007. More information on Northern Ireland prices can be found in the backdata sheet.

The average milk producer price is collected by Defra. Milk purchasers provide details of how much they have paid farmers for milk (excluding any delivery and administration charges) and the volume of milk they have purchased. From these figures an average price per litre (which includes seasonality) can be derived.

Farmgate Prices (excluding retrospective bonuses)

ppl
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Jan
18.31
18.77
17.67
18.75
18.53
18.65
18.03
25.95
Feb
18.17
18.31
17.64
18.68
18.32
18.34
17.81
25.65
Mar
17.88
18.00
17.37
18.47
18.32
18.11
17.68
25.77
Apr
18.21
15.98
16.83
17.71
17.59
17.34
17.55
24.91
May
17.66
14.85
15.99
16.93
17.12
16.82
17.53
Jun
18.47
15.31
16.51
17.27
17.30
16.83
18.08
Jul
20.43
16.39
18.20
18.26
18.05
17.18
19.65
Aug
20.63
16.72
18.94
18.49
18.64
17.60
20.71
Sep
20.46
17.04
19.23
19.48
19.46
18.45
23.14
Oct
20.21
18.13
19.58
19.51
19.71
18.82
26.51
Nov
20.04
18.08
19.81
19.48
19.77
19.00
27.27
Dec
19.59
17.73
19.14
18.92
19.27
18.57
26.60
Average
19.13
17.05
18.02
18.45
18.46
17.94
20.66

** Average UK milk price, net of delivery charges and excluding retrospective bonuses and deductions for superlevy

Source: Defra average producer ex-farmgate price (actual price received by producer each month), including seasonality, but net of delivery charges. No deduction has been made for super levy. Prices may be changed retrospectively by Defra.

Defra has estimated the farmgate milk price for 2007 20.66ppl - 2.72ppl more than the weighted average estimate for 2006. It must be noted that this price is still provisional and may change in the future.

 

 

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