Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average farm gate milk price in (a) February 2018, (b) February 2017, (c) February 2016, (d) February 2015, (e) February 2014, (f) February 2013, (g) February 2012 and (h) February 2011.
Farmgate milk prices for the month of February for each of the years 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are set out below:
Month | Price (pence per litre) |
Feb-18 | 29.40 |
Feb-17 | 27.47 |
Feb-16 | 23.01 |
Feb-15 | 26.06 |
Feb-14 | 33.96 |
Feb-13 | 30.07 |
Feb-12 | 28.93 |
Feb-11 | 26.08 |
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Farmgate milk prices are published on a monthly basis at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk/united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-data-for-december-2017, with data going back to 1970.