UK milk prices reach record levels

Recent increases in prices paid to milk producers by several dairies have resulted in UK average farm gate milk price reaching record levels.   UK National Statistics show farm gate milk prices averaged 32.0 pence per litre in August 2013, 5.4 pence per litre higher than in August 2012. Milk component levels differed a little from a year ago particular butterfat levels.  The average butterfat content of UK milk was 3.9 per cent, 4% lower than a year earlier in August 2012, while the average protein content of UK milk at 3.2% was largely unchanged on a year earlier.