Meeting the Contract [DA.SM.MC]
Understanding Freezing Point Depression
The 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 the back of this decline,…
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Meeting Your Market – Milk Hygiene Quality
While the base milk price is out of the control of farmers selling to a processor, there can be a big difference in the milk price received depending on the…
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Milk Manager News January 2023 – Managing the Thermoduric Count in Milk
Thermoduric 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 bacteria in milk are killed…
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Milk Manager News May 2022
The May 2022 edition of Milk Manager News is now available. Along with the regular articles on Milk Market Update and Straights Update, this month we also have feature articles…
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Are you missing out on milk payments?
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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The Many Factors Influencing Milk Quality
Improvements 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 contracts, raising the butterfat by…
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