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Business and Policy July 2026 – Milk
Milk production data Milk production is declining and the spring flush has well and truly passed. The latest data from AHDB estimates the GB milk volume for May at 1,167m litres, 19m litres less than…
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Stock Talk – Dairy Market Outlook & Looking to the Future
In this podcast we hear from Lorna MacPherson, SAC Dairy Consultant, and Jimmy Goldie, Technical Manager at Carrs Billington. They speak about the dairy market outlook for the winter season…
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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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Agribusiness News February 2023 – Milk
UK production increase puts more pressure on prices UK milk output has been rising since September 2022. EU milk production has also been rising recently. UK milk output increased to…
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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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New Entrants with Added Value – Morton’s Milk
Morton’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 120 Belgian Blue cross-dairy cattle.…
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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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