Milk prices

The markets have continued to improve markedly, and the first price increases since the autumn of last year are on the cards for May, for some but by no means all processors

Rory Christie, dairy farmer and chair of the Association of Dairy Producer Organisations (ADPO) on what needs to happen as we approach the spring flush

Milk price is the main topic of conversation on farms at the moment. Everyone is affected by it and with the expectation that the prices are to fall further before they recover, a lot of what our dairy team are currently doing is reviewing costs and developing bespoke strategies to support customers.

Ben Yates manages Mells Park Estate, Somerset, where he oversees a 400-cow unit and manages the 405-ha (1,000 acre) estate. Along with his wife and two sons, Ben has his own small herd of pedigree Holsteins under the Wowcow prefix. He joined the Holstein UK Board of Trustees in 2021

Major processors keep prices steady after months of drops

Despite the current depressed milk market in the UK and beyond, there were still reasons to be optimistic about dairy farming's future said speakers at the dairy breakout session at the NFU Conference

In this episode, the Farmers Guardian team discusses milk prices which have tumbled since Autumn 2025

Auctioneer and partner at GTH, Andrew Clements on dairy’s ups and downs

Some painful decisions are likely to come up for dairy farmers this spring as the consequences of previous profitable years and falling milk prices clash

But industry figures warn of challenges amid growing spring flush over-supply concerns