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The UK farm-gate milk price for December 2019 averaged 29.32 pence per litre, down 1.8% month on month and 3.6% year on year. Butterfat fell to 4.25% and protein to 3.41%, while December volumes rose 5.1% from November to 1,228 million litres.
Lower UK farm-gate prices reflect soft dairy markets, and the rise in volumes adds supply pressure on feed-buying dairy herds. The release shows no immediate shift in price direction.
gov.ukJan 23, 2020After 136 past neutral report events, Milk (Class III) moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (43% higher; middle half -0.7% to +0.5%), and -0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
