Expensive Milk

[filthiestfis]

Why has the price of milk gone up by so much recently? I mean it used to cost 30p for a litre of the value long life milk at the beginning of the year and its now 44p and the standard is now something like 63p a litre. Outrageous!!!!

[pauln90]

Because for years the supermarkets have dictated to the farmers how much they were prepared to pay for milk. This resulted in farmers making barely any profit from milk and in some cases making a loss.

Moves are now taking place to pay farmers a more realistic price so the amount they get for their milk will rise and so will prices at the shops.

Prices are also rising because of the poor summer and the resulting high price of grain used in animal feed.

I for one continue to have a daily doorstep delivery of milk produced by local farmers and am happy to pay 40p per pint.

[Buenchico]

The price of dairy products is expected to continue to rise, throughout the world, because of increasing demand from China:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6934709.st m

Similarly, the price of eggs is expected to rise by up to 50%, over the next few months, due to an increase in the price of animal feedstuffs which has been partly fuelled by increasing demand from China.

Chris