· EU cow´s milk collection increased by 4.9% in September 2014 compared to the same month last year. The cumulated deliveries in the first nine months of 2014 were 5.5% higher than in year 2013. The milk is processed into 26.0% more SMP, 11.2% more WMP, 4.8% more cream, 4.1% more butter, 2.6% more cheese, 2.4% more concentrated milk and 0.1% more drinking milk. Negative figures were only reported for fermented milk (-2.9%).
· The weighted EU average farm gate milk price decreased in September 2014 by 1.1% to 36.5 c/kg, which is 5.0% lower than in September 2013 and 168% of the virtual intervention price...
Source: ag-press.eu