Dairy: Selling the Milk
Information on Marketing milk and meeting product quality requirements, also information relevant to on-farm processing and alternative dairy products.
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Meeting milk contract requirements is often talked about to maximise milk price and with greater incentives over the last few years on fat and protein content, especially for farmers on…
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Stock Talk – Dairy Market Outlook & Looking to the Future
November 13, 2023In this podcast we hear from Lorna MacPherson, SAC Dairy Consultant, and Jimmy Goldie, Technical Manager at Carrs Billington. They speak about the dairy market...
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Understanding Freezing Point Depression
May 3, 2023The average freezing point depression (FPD) of milk from GB dairy herds has fallen over time from 521m˚C in 2006 to 516m˚C in 2020. On...
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Agribusiness News February 2023 – Milk
February 2, 2023UK production increase puts more pressure on prices UK milk output has been rising since September 2022. EU milk production has also been rising recently....
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Meeting Your Market – Milk Hygiene Quality
January 30, 2023While the base milk price is out of the control of farmers selling to a processor, there can be a big difference in the milk...
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Milk Manager News January 2023 – Managing the Thermoduric Count in Milk
January 13, 2023Thermoduric count is one of the measures of milk hygiene quality. It refers to “heat-resistant” spore-forming bacteria that can survive the pasteurisation process. While most...
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Milk Manager News May 2022
May 9, 2022The May 2022 edition of Milk Manager News is now available. Along with the regular articles on Milk Market Update and Straights Update, this month...
Read more >Are you missing out on milk payments?
December 9, 2021Meeting milk contract requirements is often talked about to maximise milk price and with greater incentives over the last few years on fat and protein...
Read more >
New Entrants with Added Value – Morton’s Milk
November 5, 2021Morton’s Milk is a family business based at Auchinbay Farm in Ayrshire. David and Gillian Morton farm 500 acres milking 320 Holstein cows and store...
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The Many Factors Influencing Milk Quality
February 4, 2021Improvements in milk quality can make a big difference to the monthly milk cheque and at SRUC’s three dairy herds, which are on Arla manufacturing...
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Stock Talk – Dairy Market Outlook & Looking to the Future
November 13, 2023In this podcast we hear from Lorna MacPherson, SAC Dairy Consultant, and Jimmy Goldie, Technical Manager at Carrs Billington. They speak about the dairy market...
Read more >Understanding Freezing Point Depression
May 3, 2023The average freezing point depression (FPD) of milk from GB dairy herds has fallen over time from 521m˚C in 2006 to 516m˚C in 2020. On...
Read more >Agribusiness News February 2023 – Milk
February 2, 2023UK production increase puts more pressure on prices UK milk output has been rising since September 2022. EU milk production has also been rising recently....
Read more >Meeting Your Market – Milk Hygiene Quality
January 30, 2023While the base milk price is out of the control of farmers selling to a processor, there can be a big difference in the milk...
Read more >Milk Manager News January 2023 – Managing the Thermoduric Count in Milk
January 13, 2023Thermoduric count is one of the measures of milk hygiene quality. It refers to “heat-resistant” spore-forming bacteria that can survive the pasteurisation process. While most...
Read more >Milk Manager News May 2022
May 9, 2022The May 2022 edition of Milk Manager News is now available. Along with the regular articles on Milk Market Update and Straights Update, this month...
Read more >Are you missing out on milk payments?
December 9, 2021Meeting milk contract requirements is often talked about to maximise milk price and with greater incentives over the last few years on fat and protein...
Read more >New Entrants with Added Value – Morton’s Milk
November 5, 2021Morton’s Milk is a family business based at Auchinbay Farm in Ayrshire. David and Gillian Morton farm 500 acres milking 320 Holstein cows and store...
Read more >The Many Factors Influencing Milk Quality
February 4, 2021Improvements in milk quality can make a big difference to the monthly milk cheque and at SRUC’s three dairy herds, which are on Arla manufacturing...
Read more >