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The Carbery Group in west Cork has held its base price for January milk supplies at 34.78c/l, excluding VAT.
The four co-ops forming the Carbery group – Lisavaird, Drinagh, Bandon and Barryroe – will decide individually if the same milk price will be passed on to their suppliers.
On Monday, it was announced that Dairygold's milk price was remaining set at 34.15c/l, excluding VAT.
Prices unchanged
At the end of last week, Aurivo announced that it was holding its milk price for January at 33.68c/l, excluding VAT.
Earlier in the week, Lakeland Dairies said it was holding its base price at 33.68c/l, but its 1c/l butter bonus was being cut.
Kerry held its January milk price at 34.62c/l, excluding VAT, and announced a top-up payment of 0.75c/l, excluding VAT, on 2017 supplies of milk, leaving out milk supplied in fixed milk price contracts.
Glanbia is holding its milk price for January at 33.2c/l, excluding VAT, at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein.
Buyer sentiment
Meanwhile, as dairy commodity prices remain firm across Europe, all eyes will be on Tuesday’s Global Dairy Trade auction in New Zealand to see if the stronger than expected buyer sentiment will remain in dairy markets.
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