The Irish Farmers Journal monthly milk league brings together the milk prices for each of the processors.

It is calculated when the milk cheques have been paid to farmers for the milk supplied the month previously.

The prices are ranked in euro per kilo milk solids, with fat percentage standardised at 4.11% fat and 3.51% protein.

Conditional bonuses that farmers can get are not included, as the objective is to compare base prices at the same fat and protein.

Monthly milk league prices for the last three years can be seen in the Knowledge Hub on farmersjournal.ie.

Milk league cartoons from 2018

Milk league cartoon for October 2018 showed an office celebration with executives celebrating the large volumes of feed sold in 2018 and a list of options for holding milk price.

The early October milk league cartoon highlighted the rising milk supply from New Zealand and the US and the challenges of maintaining Irish milk price

The August cartoon highlighted the drought issues in the East and the global nature of the issues facing Irish farmers producing milk.

Sunshine and lots of it was the theme in July with some processors getting on well in the sunshine while others were melting.

Prices started to rise in April with some processors doing better than others to lift prices for peak supply.

The farmer asking what exactly is my milk price and what's left in my pocket was the theme in March.

Early in the Spring some milk prices were beginning to fly while others were heading for deep water.

The call was 'hold' 'hold' early in the year while others were falling down.

The year started like many start with executives warning milk price wasn't going to be good for lots of different reasons.