DAIRY CO-OP First Milk has announced that its member milk price will increase by one pence per litre with effect from December 1, 2021.

This will take its price on a manufacturing standard litre to 32ppl, including the member premium.

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Commenting on the announcement, vice chairman and farmer director Robert Craig said: “We are all acutely aware of the unprecedented cost inflation hitting dairy farmers and impacting on the whole dairy supply chain. Whilst we know that this increase will not cover all that inflationary pressure for our members, it is a welcome move in the right direction.

"We will continue to work hard to mitigate increased costs and, with our customers, to recover them from the marketplace, so that we can get increased returns to our members as soon as we are able.”

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