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Freshways has notified suppliers of a 7 pence per litre cut to its base milk price from 1 December 2026, lowering the standard litre price to 31.0p. The cut reverses September and October increases that had taken the rate to 38ppl.
The NFU Dairy Board criticised the move, citing drought, bluetongue and policy uncertainty, and Arla has also announced a milk price reduction.
Lower UK processor milk prices reduce farm-gate returns and may tighten dairy farmers' feed budgets, with reduced margins potentially slowing herd investment and feed purchases. The effect on feed commodities is modest and indirect.
farmersguide.co.ukAleksandra CupriakNov 2, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
