Latest statistics on milk utilisation by dairies
Monthly statistics on the volume of milk used by dairies.
Updates to this page
- From:
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Published:
- 28 June 2013
- Last updated:
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1 October 2026
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Updated with August 2026 data.
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Updated with July 2026 data.
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Updated with latest data (June 2026).
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Updated with the latest data (May 2026).
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Updated Milk utilisation dataset with amended data.
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Update to 'Supplies of milk products' dataset to correct error in annual figures.
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Uploaded revised utilisation dataset after an error was spotted.
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Updated with latest data.
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Updated with most recent data.
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Update to latest report.
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Updated with data to January 2026.
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Uploaded revised utilisation dataset after an error was spotted.
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Updated with data to December 2025.
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Updated with data to October 2025.
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Updated with revised data for September 2025.
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Updated with data to September 2025.
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Update to latest data.
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Added data for July 2025
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Corrected dataset added.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, June 2025 figures.
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Updated with data to May 2025.
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Update dataset names, no data changed.
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Correction made to annual figures in Milk utilisation dataset.
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Corrected a data issue.
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Updated with data to April 2025.
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Added data to March 2025.
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Added data to February 2025.
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Updated with data to January 2025.
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Update to December report.
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Update to Supplies of milk products: data to October 2024 ODS file
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Updated for October 2024.
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Updated with data to September 2024.
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Updated with data to August 2024.
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Updated with data to July 2024.
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Update to latest data.
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Updated with data to May 2024
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Update for April 2024.
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Added statistics notice and datasets for March 2024.
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Update for February 2024.
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Added statistics notice and datasets for January 2024.
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Update the milk availability dataset - wrong dataset previously provided.
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Added statistics notice and datasets for December 2023.
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Added statistics notice and datasets for October 2023.
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Updated with data to September 2023.
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Update for August 2023.
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Update the second chart/image markdown in the html so that it links to the Chart2. Previously both markdown image links were referencing Chart1.
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Updated with data to July 2023.
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Updated with data to June 2023.
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Updated with data to May 2023.
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Updated to add data for April 2023.
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Updated to add data for March 2023.
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Published with February 2023 (January 2023 for milk supplies) data.
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Updated statistics notice (data to January 2023)
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Added December data.
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Added statistical notice for October data.
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Updated with data to September 2022.
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Updated with data for August 2022.
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Updated with data for July.
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Added stats notice and dataset with data to June 2022.
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Updated to data for May 2022.
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Edited to include data for April 2022.
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Correction to data for March 2022.
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Updated to include data for March 2022.
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Updated with February 2022 data.
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Edited to include data to January 2022.
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Added statistical notice and datasets with data up to December 2021.
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Revised due to updated of the GB total milk production.
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Updated to include data for November 2021.
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Updated with statistical release and datasets to October 2021.
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Added statistical notice with data for September 2021.
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Updated with statistical release for August 2021 and datasets to July 2021.
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Edited the milk utilisation dataset, UK monthly tab: July 2021 data corrected.
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Added utilisation stats notice and dataset with data to July 2021.
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Updated utilisation data sets for milk data for June 2021.
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Edited the milk supplies dataset, data, includes data to April 2021.
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Edited statistic notice and dataset - added data for May 2021.
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Edited to include new data for April 2021.
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Edited to include latest data.
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Edited web page to explain that the 6th May 2021 pre-announced update will be delayed by 1 day due to local elections.
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Edited to include new data sets.
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Added statistical notice/dataset for milk utilisation with data to January 2021. Supplies dataset updated with data to December 2020.
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Statistical notice and dataset updated with December 2020 figures, supplies dataset with November 2020 figures.
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Statistical notice and dataset updated with November 2020 figures, supplies dataset with October 2020 figures.
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Updated with latest available data.
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Updated with amended data
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Updated with latest statistical report and data to September 2020
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Edited files to include data up to August 2020.
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Edited files to include data up to July 2020.
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Update with latest statistical release and data to June 2020.
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Republished with revised data and statistical report.
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Updated mllk utilisation statistical notice and dataset, figures published to May 2020. Updated milk supplies dataset, figures published to April 2020.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, April 2020 figures (supplies of milk products dataset, March 2020 figures).
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Updated with figures to March 2020.
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Updated milk utilisation statistical notices and datatset to correct cheese production figures error.
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Replaced latest milk utilisation notice and dataset because new survey data became available and results recalculated.
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Updated with February 2020 statistics.
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Updated with January 2020 statistics.
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Updated with December 2019 data.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, October 2019 figures (supplies) and November 2019 figures (utilisation).
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Updated with latest statistical release (October 2019).
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Size and distribution tables updated with up to date information.
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Replaced both stats notice and dataset to correct an error in the calculaiton of milk volumes.
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Updated statistical notice and datasets, stats notice data to September 2019, supplies datasets data to August 2019.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, August 2019 figures.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, July 2019 figures.
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Attached statistical notice and datasets, June 2019 figures.
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Latest monthly milk utilisation and milk supplies statistics have been added.
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Updated milk supplies dataset, figures to March 2019.
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Updated with latest statistical release and dataset for April 2019.
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Updated with latest statistical release and datasets to March 2019.
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Updated with February 2019 figures.
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Added monthly milk supplies dataset.
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Correct milk utilisation dataset uploaded.
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Updated with January 2019 figures.
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Updated with December 2018 figures.
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Replaced October statistics notice with November statistics notice and updated dataset to include November figures.
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Updated milk supplies dataset to include quarter 3 figures.
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Updated with statistical bulletin and dataset for October 2018.
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Updated with statistical bulletin and dataset for September 2018.
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Updated with statistical bulletin and dataset for August 2018.
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Updated milk supplies dataset with figures to quarter 2 2018.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for July 2018.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for June 2018.
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Updated with statistical release and dataset for May 2018.
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Updated milk supplies dataset with figures to quarter 1 2018.
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Updated to include April 2018 figures.
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Updated with statistical release and dataset for March 2018.
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Updated with statistical release and dataset for February 2018.
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Added quarterly supplies dataset for quarter 4 2017.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for January 2018.
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Updated with December 2017 statistical notice.
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Replaced statistical notice and dataset with November 2017 figures and uses updated methodology following a recent review.
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Updated with supplies dataset to Quarter 2 2017.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for March 2017.
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Updated with statistical notice and dataset for February 2017.
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Updated dataset to include quarter 4 2016 data.
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Updated to include January 2017 figures.
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Correction to milk availability, usage and production dataset.
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Updated statistical notice and dataset - December 2016 figures.
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Updated statistics notice and dataset.
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Updated milk supplies dataset to include Q3 2016.
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Updated statistic notice to include October 2016 data.
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Updated statistic notice to include September 2016 data.
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Updated distribution by size table.
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Updated statistic notice and dataset with August figures.
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Updated UK supplies of milk products dataset.
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Updated with notice and data set to include July 2016 data.
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Updated with June 2016 figures, statistic notice and dataset.
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Updated with May 2016 statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated UK supplies of milk products dataset.
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Updated with April statistical notice and dataset.
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Updated with milk util data.
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Updated with February stats notice and dataset.
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Updated to include March 2016 dataset.
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Updated to include January 2016 figures.
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Amended milk availability, usage and production dataset.
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Updated to include December figures.
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Updated notice and dataset to include data to November 2015.
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Updated with amended availability, usage and production dataset, and amended supplies dataset.
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UK supplies of milk product dataset updated.
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Usage of milk by dairies in England & Wales – October 2015 published.
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Usage of milk by dairies in England & Wales: September 2015 published.
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Usage of milk by dairies in England & Wales plus associated dataset updated for August 2015.
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Updated milk product supplies data.
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Milk utilisation by dairies in England and Wales: July 2015 published.
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Updated to include data for June 2015.
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Update of UK supplies of milk products.
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UK supplies of milk products (includes production and trade statistics) dataset updated.
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Update of UK supplies of milk products.
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Update of UK supplies of milk products.
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Update of UK supplies of milk products.
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Updated with February 2015 data.
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Updated with January 2015 data and notice.
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Milk utilisation by dairies in England and Wales: December 2014 and dataset published.
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Updated with November data and notice.
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Updated UK milk supplies dataset.
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Updated with October figures.
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Updated with September figures.
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Updated with August 2014 figures.
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Updated milk supplies dataset.
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Updated with July 2014 figures.
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Updated milk utilisation data.
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Updated to include May 2014 data.
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Updated UK supplies data set.
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Updated to include April 2014 figures.
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Updated to include March 2014 figures.
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Updated cheese production data.
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Updated to include February 2014 figures.
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Updated with milk product supply figures for October to December 2013.
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Updated with figures to January 2014.
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Updated with December figures.
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Updated to include figures for November 2013.
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New updated edition
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Updated with figures to October 2013 and added a new data set showing the size distributions of UK dairy companies.
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Updated with figures to September 2013.
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Updated with figures to August 2013.
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Updated milk supplies spreadsheet with figures to June 2013.
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Updated to include July 2013 figures.
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Removed link to historic dataset.
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Updated to include figures to June 2013.
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Updated to include May 2013 figures.
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Updated to include Quarter 1 2013 figures.
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First published.
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Updated to include April 2013 figures.
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Updated with new figures for March 2013.
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Updated to include data for February 2013.
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Size distributions of UK dairy companies
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Details
This monthly statistics notice includes information on the volume of milk used by dairies in the production of drinking milk and milk products such as cheese, butter and milk powders. Statistics are shown for the United Kingdom and England & Wales. The information provided includes milk availability and disposals and production volumes of milk and milk products.
The supplies of milk products dataset includes information on production, import/export and supply of milk products in the United Kingdom. Monthly and quarterly statistics are provided. Monthly data is available from 2015 whereas quarterly data is available from 2005.
The size distribution of dairy companies dataset provides information on the number of dairy enterprises in the United Kingdom, broken down by size type (annual volumes used/produced).
User Engagement
Data from the milk utilisation by dairies statistics is an invaluable evidence base for policy makers, academics and researchers. The data is also heavily relied upon by the dairy industry, in particular the division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) known as DairyCo (who represent milk producers) and Dairy UK (who represent milk processors). The milk utilisation by dairies data is used for providing insight into market characteristics and to monitor where milk is being used for domestic production. It provides insight to how production of products (such as butter, cheese etc.) changes in response to changes in global demand and market conditions.
As part of our ongoing commitment to compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics we wish to strengthen our engagement with users of milk utilisation by dairies data and better understand the use made of them and the types of decisions that they inform. Consequently, we invite users to register as a user of the milk utilisation by dairies data, so that we can retain your details and inform you of any new releases and provide you with the opportunity to take part in user engagement activities that we may run. If you would like to register as a user of the milk utilisation by dairies data, please provide your details in the attached form.
If you require datasets in another format such as Excel, please get in touch, contact details are given below.
Next update: see the statistics release calendar
For further information please contact:
Julie.Rumsey@defra.gov.uk
Twitter: @DefraStats