Glanbia tops milk buyers’ price league

A WINTER milk allowance of 8.6c per litre kept Glanbia at the top of a European milk price league in November.

It paid 48.3c per litre, according to the Dutch Dairy Board rankings of 17 milk buyers across the EU, VAT excluded and standardised at relatively high milk solids, by Irish standards — 4.2% fat and 3.4% protein — for delivery of 500,000kg per year, TBC 24,999 and SCC 249,999, collected every other day.

Kerry Group was ranked seventh, at just short of 40c, but behind the average price of 40.4c (which had increased 33.8% in 12 months).