# UK dairy farmers face further pressure as milk processor cuts prices

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/uk-dairy-farmers-face-further-pressure-as-milk-processor-cuts-prices/
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:27:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T17:05:50+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/06/uk-dairy-farmers-face-squeeze-as-milk-processor-cuts-prices
- Topics: Business, UK, World

## Key points

- Freshways is cutting its milk price by 7p a litre from December.
- Arla is making a smaller cut to its standard milk price.
- Farmers are already grappling with costs and oversupply.

## Summary

Freshways will cut the price it pays dairy farmers by 7p a litre from 1 December, leaving its rate at 29.4p. The sharp reduction has unsettled producers already facing losses, after drought and higher fuel and fertiliser costs added to a year of volatile milk prices.

Arla Foods is also reducing its standard milk price, by 0.45p a litre in November to 40.41p, while leaving its organic rate unchanged at 58.25p. Freshways cited weaker dairy markets and rising costs; analysts point to high milk supplies following strong production last autumn and output holding up through this summer’s drought. Some supermarkets pay suppliers according to production costs, but farmers may have limited choice over which processor collects their milk.

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