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Farmgate prices continue to drop

Farmgate prices may have stabilised for some, but there is no guarantee that there will not be further milk price reductions in Q4, as milk prices are still outstripping the value of commodities by some distance

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Farmgate prices continue to drop

AHDB's latest gross AMPE price is 28.6p, for example, and that is without a processor margin or transport. The gross MCVE is just over 34p on the same basis. After costs AMPE will be around 25p...

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