The world’s oldest cheddar-maker, Barber’s, has revealed the terms of its new, transparent, milk contract which will pay producers 30.13p/litre in February. The “Barber’s Assured” agreement is voluntary code compliant, encourages more accurate forecasting and introduces a base milk volume for 2017, with an added 8% higher threshold for producers, based on volumes set last December. See also: Revealed: Milk contracts most exposed to market volatility Any milk above the base volume will be bought by the processor at AHDB’s Actual […]
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