# A shock milk price announcement – but will others follow? | AHDB

> Freshways has announced a 7 ppl reduction in its milk price for December, following steep rises of 3 and 6 ppl in August and September. Most other UK milk buyers announced holds or modest adjustments for November and December. GB milk output in October was 4.1% below the previous year, and output for the first seven months of the 2026/27 milk year is down about 2.6%.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-12T15:09:26.950Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/95665-a-shock-milk-price-announcement-but-will-others-follow-ahdb
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Tight UK milk supply limits how far the wider market can fall, even as one processor cuts prices, so buyers of dairy-based feed ingredients should not assume a broad price collapse. Falling wholesale prices, however, reduce farm-gate income and may tighten producer budgets.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- ahdb.org.uk: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/a-shock-milk-price-announcement-but-will-others-follow

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