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Welcome Tracey Roan MMG Board Elections were held at the Forum meeting on Wednesday 11 February 2026. Newly elected and joining the Board from 1 April 2026 is Tracey Roan. Tracey brings to the Board, policy knowledge and strong industry networks. Her focus will be on constructive collaboration, ensuring all Müller producers are fairly represented, and continuing to strengthen MMG’s role as one of the UK’s leading and largest Dairy Producer Organisations.Grant Hartman and John Hocknell were also re-elected onto the Board to serve  3-year terms. [...]

Müller UK & Ireland is placing long-term supply chain resilience at the heart of a new organic milk offering, which it has developed in partnership with its retail partners.As shopper demand for organic milk continues to increase, the dairy company has created a tailored organic offering, within its existing Müller Advantage programme, designed to drive security of supply by reinvigorating and protecting the long-term viability of its 60 organic dairy suppliers.Increased farming costs and fluctuating farmgate milk prices have contributed to organic milk production falling since 2020, with some farmers choosing to leave the sector altogether.With sales of organic milk [...]

Müller sent out a variation to the Milk Supply Agreement (MSA) to all existing suppliers (excluding Yew Tree) on 29th March 2025 that seeks to ensure that your MSA is compliant with the Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024. The period of grace granted to existing contracts expires on 9th July 2025, hence the requirement for the variation. The most significant change from our perspective is that Müller will no longer be able to unilaterally vary the MSA unless approval is gained from MMG. MMG have spent significant time consulting with our lawyer to ensure that the variations to the [...]

Chairman's Update The 2024 calendar year was certainly a year of two halves in terms of dairy farming economics. The first 6 months was a period of low milk prices (Müller Direct 36.5ppl until March 2024 and higher costs). From July onwards, milk prices increased, and costs typically reduced. Pricing now appears to be in a period of stability with the Müller Direct price being 42.25ppl from November 2024. The recent announcement of a hold for April 2025 shows stability for 6 months. But is 42.25ppl (base price) sufficient to secure a long-term future supply of sustainable liquid milk? In [...]

Müller UK & Ireland has joined the processor-led organisation Dairy UK as it targets further industry collaboration. Dairy UK represents farmer-owned co-operatives and private dairy companies and aims to promote the consumption of British dairy products at home and on the international market. With the addition of Müller UK & Ireland, the two organisations hope to foster greater collaboration and leadership across the British dairy sector. As the UK dairy industry faces into a wide range of challenges and opportunities, cross-industry collaboration and collective action will be key to promoting and protecting the consumption of UK dairy products, benefitting the [...]

MMG Dairy Farmers Ltd (MMG) has today confirmed its new status as a Dairy Producer Organisation (DPO). Following an application to the Rural Payments Agency, MMG’s application was ratified and formal recognition as a DPO was granted as of 30 September 2024. Benefits are not limited to but include: ➢ Being recognized by DEFRA as the de-facto negotiating body for a group of producers. ➢ Ability for MMG to act fully on behalf of producers when dealing with proposed milk supply contract changes, looking out for the producers’ best interests. ➢ Ensuring Müller has a requirement to consult with a [...]

Müller has announced approval from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding its agreement to acquire Yew Tree Dairy. Due to complete by the end of October, the acquisition will see Müller use Yew Tree Dairy’s milk powder production capabilities to grow its export business, drive supply chain resilience and secure a positive future for the British dairy industry. Once completed, Müller intends to utilise internal expertise from across Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller to enhance its milk drying capability, enabling it to become a major producer and exporter of powdered milk products made in Britain, with milk from British dairy farms. [...]

Chairman’s Update As we progress through 2024, two further milk price increases have been recorded for both conventional and organic since September 2024. ConventionalOrganicSeptember+1.25ppl – 40.25ppl+1.25ppl – 53.75pplOctober+1ppl – 41.25ppl+1ppl – 54.75pplNovember+1ppl – 42.25ppl+1ppl – 55.75ppl During the year to date, there have been 6 milk price increases for Müller Direct conventional farms, taking the price from 36.5ppl to 42.25ppl. The organic price has risen for 8 consecutive months by a total of 8.25ppl and for November 2024 is 55.75ppl. Milk prices have increased during 2024 initially due to milk production being suppressed as a result of the cold wet [...]

Chairman's Update Now that the peak milk production for 2024 has been passed by over 12 weeks, milk prices continue to increase with two further rises in Q3 (July August & September) for conventional and three rises for organic. Although the milk price increased for September 2024, the MMG Board were particularly frustrated and disappointed that there was no change to the conventional August price. It is positive to see organic milk prices rising by 6.25ppl this year. The MMG Board remain optimistic about the organic sector due to demand exceeding supply. It is unlikely organic milk volumes will rise [...]

CHAIRMAN'S Update My concluding comments from the January newsletter were that 2024 would be the year of milk price increases. In the first half of 2024 there have been two increases for conventional and three for organic. Conventional Organic April + 1ppl - 37.5ppl + 1ppl - 48.5ppl May Hold - 37.5ppl + 1ppl - 49.5ppl June + 0.5ppl - 38ppl +1 ppl - 50.5ppl *prices include Müller Advantage Premium With National milk volumes always high in Q2 (April, May & June), it was the strong working relationship between Müller & MMG that enabled these price increases to be agreed. [...]