Guaranteed Price for March: 42.50 euros

3 March 2014

The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for March 2014 is 42.50 euros per 100 kilogrammes of milk. The guaranteed price is 0.50 euros below the level of February 2014 (43.00 euros).

The guaranteed price for reflects the estimated milk prices of the benchmark companies for the month of March. In addition, the milk prices of the German benchmark companies, which were a little overestimated in February, have been slightly corrected.

The protein price in March is 693.76 euros, the fat price is 346.88 euros and the lactose price is 69.38 euros per 100 kilogrammes.

Guaranteed price per month
The guaranteed price applies to 100 kilogrammes of milk with a protein content of 3.47%, a fat content of 4.41% and a lactose content of 4.51% and is exclusive of VAT. The amounts shown apply to an average supply of 600,000 kilogrammes of milk annually.

	Guaranteed price 2014	Average 2014	Guaranteed price 2013	Average 2013
March	42.50	42.83	34.50	35.07
February	43.00	43.00	35.00	35.35
January	43.00	43.00	35.70	35.70
	2013	2013	2012	2012
December	44.00	39.45	36.90	33.87
November	44.00	39.04	35.00	33.52
October	42.25	38.55	32.75	33.38
September	41.50	38.13	32.00	33.44
August	40.00	37.71	32.00	33.63
July	40.00	37.39	32.00	33.86
June	40.00	36.95	32.00	34.17
May	39.50	36.34	32.75	34.60
April	37.00	35.55	33.75	35.06

Protein, fat and lactose prices, per month
in euros per 100 kilogrammes

2014	Protein	Fat	Lactose
March	693.76	346.88	69.38
February	701.93	350.96	70.19
January	701.93	350.96	70.19