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Dairy farmers supplying Muller have expressed frustration with the hold from the company for December

Muller and Saputo hold December price

The milk price for November will increase for both conventional and organic milk

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley

Lower milk production has given support to milk prices but farmers will now be looking at the prospects for the UK and beyond in the next few months

The early October pullback in price levels from the record butter and cream prices, including some of the higher moisture cheeses such as mozzarella, may be deemed to have arrived a little premature

EU spot prices for butter came off markedly in the first week of October, with prices for Q4 crashing €500 (£419) or so to around €7,500/tonne (£6,283), with prices €1,000/tonne (£838) lower than that for Q1

As processors announce the latest farmgate milk prices, Cedric Porter takes a look at the outlook for dairy

The cooperative said the increase was driven by strong demand and lower volumes