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Carbery is offering a three-year base fixed milk price scheme of 30.18c/litre (ex VAT) or 32.32c/l including VAT.
This is the fourth fixed milk price scheme offered by the Carberry Group which is made up of the four west Cork co-ops of Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh and Lisavaird. Suppliers can elect to fix a portion of their milk supply, usually between 5% and 20% of their pool, at that price for the three-year period.
It is up to the four individual co-ops to manage the scheme for their own members.
The scheme will run from 1 January 2018 to the end of December 2020 suppliers must have their completed application forms returned before 1 December 2017.
Carbery’s third fixed milk price, which was launched in November 2016, paid out 29.03c/l.
Other co-ops offer schemes
Aurivo’s three-year fixed milk price scheme of 31.78c/l (excluding VAT at 3.3% protein and 3.6% fat) remains the most competitive scheme on offer at present.
Glanbia’s fixed milk price scheme offering, which closed two weeks ago, was 29.41c/l (ex VAT).
Lakeland has a fixed milk price scheme split between a summer and winter price. It is for a three-year period running from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020.
The price for the April to September period is set at 28.46c/l plus VAT and 30.36c/l plus VAT for the October to March period.
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