Why has Milk gone up so much lately?

MiserlyMartin

redfox wrote: »

maybe they are finally starting to pay the farmers enough to sustain their businesses.

No, wholesale milk prices are at an all time low. Could it be the supermarkets taking higher margins? Somebody somewhere must be creaming off the profits!

maisie_cat

You should not give children diluted milk, the nutrients are diluted as well as the fat. Children need full fat milk fro optimal development

DUKE

I'm still paying 49p a litre from Lidl or Farmfoods. I'll get me a cow next year I think.

MiserlyMartin

4 pints 99p also at Asda I noticed. This is inflation in action also.

larochelleuk

"On Tuesday Wiesemeyer told AgriTalk host Mike Adams recent research by Informa found two reasons Brexit is bad for milk prices.

Economic growth. “Impact of economic growth would reduce global milk equivalent imports by 0.5 percent,” he said. “That will pull down dairy forecasts around the world.”
Reduce UK Dairy Imports. According to Wiesemeyer, Britain is not only the third largest milk producer in the EU but also the second largest net importer of dairy products. “When you factor in the British pound down 5-15% against the Euro,” he explained. “Imports just got 5-10% more expensive on the world market.”"

http://www.milkbusiness.com/article/two-reasons-brexit-will-hurt-milk-prices

MiserlyMartin

We are now at £1.09 for a 4 pint bottle of milk at Tesco, Asda. Lidl, Aldi. If anyone has seen this cheaper please post here.

If we are the third largest milk producer in the world then the strength or weakness of sterling should make little difference to the domestic price?

What is the reason for this latest price rise?

suki1964

Possibly farmers are getting paid a more realistic price

Well I hope that’s the reason

DCFC79

MiserlyMartin wrote: »

We are now at £1.09 for a 4 pint bottle of milk at Tesco, Asda. Lidl, Aldi. If anyone has seen this cheaper please post here.

If we are the third largest milk producer in the world then the strength or weakness of sterling should make little difference to the domestic price?

What is the reason for this latest price rise?

Ask the retailers.
Ask dairy UK.org.

NineDeuce

Its because the milk is now 25% better quality....

POPPYOSCAR

suki1964 wrote: »

Possibly farmers are getting paid a more realistic price

Well I hope that’s the reason

I hope so as well.

If I understand correctly, some farmers are moving from milk production to other things that are more profitable such as egg production.

It is a disgrace that a bottle of water is more expensive than a pint of milk.