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Ian Potter Associates Weekly Bulletin 22nd December 2016 Issue No: 881 Today Last Week Change 4 Weeks Ago 1 Year ago

Producers in E 9,490 9,496 9,646 & W £ : $ 1.23 1.25 -0.02 1.24 1.49 £ : € 1.18 1.19 -0.01 1.17 1.39 Crude Oil $54.19 $54.15 +$0.04 $48.59 $37.68 AMPE 31.5 31.3 (October) 16.0 (December) (November) MCVE 33.7 33.9 (October) 18.9 (December) (November) (Commodity and currency prices – source ForFarmers) For more information about feed prices and market trends visit www.forfarmers.co.uk or contact ForFarmers DML: 0870 0500306

BPS Entitlements Now Trading

All Entitlements are subject to availability and vendor acceptance: No. of Ents Entitlement Price/Entitlemen Use by date t 5.51 NSDA £200 ono 2018 12.07 NSDA £200 ono 2017 34.15 NSDA £200 ono 2017 16.35 NSDA £190 ono 2017 The 2016 payment was £209 or £84 per acre

If you have any surplus English Entitlements please contact Jacquey at the office - Tel. No. 01335 324594 – Email [email protected]

2016 Subsidy Payment Comparison (2015 in brackets)

Exchange Rate 0.85228 (0.73129) Non SDA £211.64/ha (£178) or £85.65/acre (£72) SDA £210.11/ha (£177) or £85.03/acre (£72)

Note, all standard litre prices are those quoted by www.milkprices.com and are based on the following:

The liquid standard litre 4% bf, 3.3% protein, 30,000/ml Bactoscans, 200,000/ml SCC, 1 million litres a year on EODC but before seasonality, monthly profile payments, balancing, B price additions, capital retentions or annual incentive schemes.

The manufacturing standard litre is to exactly the same specification with the exception of 4.2%bf and 3.4% protein.

1.51ppl milk price increase for Arla members – from January 1st This takes producers standard liquid litre price to 26.31ppl

1.5ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Paynes Dairies - from 1st January Only 40 tonnes (0.18%) out of 22,150 tonnes of SMP sells A pitiful 40 tonnes of Intervention SMP have been sold of which 20 tonnes were sold in the UK at a minimum EU price of €2151 tonne (£1810) or more. A second tender period is now open.

0.75ppl milk price increase for Arla Organic suppliers – from January 1st This takes producers standard liquid litre price to 41.1ppl

Pattemores correction Our late reporting of the 1ppl milk price increase for suppliers to Pattemores was actually on top of an additional 0.75ppl increase so the total 1st December increase amounts to 1.75ppl. Apologies for this missive and many thanks to one of our regular readers for spotting the error.

Christmas Dairy Pantomime Fun A very talented and well briefed 12 year old has produced a series of GB dairy industry pantomime cards, which should bring a smile to many of you and perhaps even to most of the characters featured.

Below is a selection of Ian’s four favourites. For others click on www.dairypantomimes.yolasite.com

MORE FESTIVE SMILES WHY MEN ARE SELDOM DEPRESSED Men Are Just Happier People --- What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays the same throughout your life. The garage and machinery shed is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack.. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another petrol station toilet because this one is just too disgusting. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay.. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress £3000.. Suit rental-£60.. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. A fourteen-day holiday requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is £4.95 for a three-pack. One pair of shoes, one pair of work boots and a pair of wellys are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. You are unable to see wrinkles on your face. Everything on your face stays its original colour. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck. You can play with toys all your life. One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one colour for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can 'do' your nails with a pen knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a moustache. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives On December 24 in 25 minutes.

NICKNAMES · If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. · If Mike, Dave and Charlie go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Spanner , Midge and Noddy.

MONEY · A man will pay £20 for a £10 item he needs. · A woman will pay £10 for a £20 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS · A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel. · The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS · A woman has the last word in any argument. · Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE · A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. · A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

MARRIAGE · A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. · A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does. DRESSING UP · A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the kitchen rubbish bin, answer the phone, read a book, and get the post. · A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL · Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. · Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING · Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favourite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. · A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing! SO, send this to the women who have a sense of humour and who can handle it and to the men who will enjoy reading it.

Here’s wishing all our readers and their families a Merry Christmas & Happy and prosperous 2017 from all at Ian Potter’s offices.

BVD Tag Prices Slashed!!!!

BVD Tag Permutations Ian Potter Associates Price Large & Large £4.30 Large & Button £4.30 Large & Metal £4.30 Medium & Medium £4.30 Medium & Button £4.30 Medium & Metal £4.30 Match up tag £4.20 Large BVD tag Only £4.20 Management BVD £4.20 Applicator £15.00 (free with large orders) Breaking News on BVD Tags Potter’s have a fantastic bulk deal on BVD tags and are now offering them at incredibly competitive prices, and have brought our prices down on average by 55p a set.

Please don’t hesitate to call the office on 01335 320016 for more information and to order. Alternatively go our website http://www.ipaquotas.com for an order form that can be completed and forwarded to our office via email – [email protected]

Remember this bulletin at the moment continues to be available free of charge and takes Ian and the team some considerable time to produce. The only encouragement to keep producing it is a combination of enthusiasm as well as tag sales and enquiries from our readers.

Please consider contacting us when you next require tags.

All views expressed in this bulletin are those of Ian Potter Associates and a shed load of dairy farmers. It is necessarily short and cannot deal with various issues that arise in any detail. As a result it must not be relied on as giving sufficient advice in any specific case. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the content but neither Ian Potter Associates nor Ian Potter personally can accept any liability for any errors or omissions. Professional advice must always be taken before any decision is reached.