Section 1 - Getting Started

UK Industry Trade Bodies Manufacturers and Suppliers Equipment Suppliers Bag-in-box Equipment Shrink Wrapping Equipment Dairy Ingredient Suppliers Key Industry Websites Consultancies Nutrition Publications / Factsheets Industry Statistics and Market Data Market Research Data Industry Publications Finance Grant Schemes and Financial Services Available in England Grant Schemes and Financial Services Available in Wales Grant Schemes and Financial Services Available in Scotland Grant Schemes and Financial Services Available in Northern Ireland Collaboration with European Organisations Research Establishments Innovation Centres - Republic of Ireland Research Centres - Republic of Ireland Regional Food Groups Rural Economy Breeding and Livestock Services Breed Societies

Industry Statistics and Market Data

DEFRA

Milk Statistics
http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/statnot/milk.pdf
A quarterly publication (March, June, September & December) bringing together various sources of statistics relating to the production and supply of milk and milk products in the UK, including:

• Wholesale milk deliveries
• Average butterfat and protein content of UK milk
• Farm gate milk prices
• Availability of milk to UK dairies
• Utilisation of milk by dairies
• Manufacture of milk and milk products by dairies in the UK
• UK manufacture of cheese
• UK supplies and disappearance of selected milk products
• Wholesale milk deliveries in the UK
• Farm-gate milk prices in the EU
• UK average dairy herd numbers, milk yields and milk production

Expenditure and Food Survey – (household consumption and expenditure)

The Expenditure and Food Survey replaced the Family Expenditure and the National Food Surveys and is a continuous survey of household expenditure, food consumption and income.

The results of the survey are published by two departments:

The Office for National Statistics publishes Family Spending – for the latest results please go to:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=361

Defra publishes the results on food consumption and nutrition in Family Food – for the latest results please go to:
http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publications/efs/default.asp

Food Statistics in your Pocket
http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publications/pocketstats/foodpocketstats/fsiyp.pdf
This book provides a concise round up of statistics on the UK food sector.
The chapters cover:

• Key Statistics
• Food and the Economy
• Employment
• Overseas Trade
• Prices (retail, producer and farmgate)
• Consumption
• Environment
• Regional Results

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DairyCo
Liquid milk data
http://www.mdcdatum.org.uk/RetailerDataPrices/tnsliquidmilk.html
Volume, expenditure and price figures for total, whole, semi-skimmed and skimmed milks

Cheese data
http://www.mdcdatum.org.uk/RetailerDataPrices/tnscheese.html

Volume, expenditure and price data for:

• Loose and pre-packed cheese
• Mild, medium, mature and other cheddar
• Territorial, soft and processed cheeses
• Branded, standard supermarket and value supermarket label cheese

Household Expenditure
http://www.mdcdatum.org.uk/RetailerDataPrices/householdexpend.html
Expenditure per person per week on:

• Liquid milk
• Yogurt
• Cheese
• Butter
• Cream
• Dairy desserts

Dairy consumption
http://www.mdcdatum.org.uk/RetailerDataPrices/dairyconsumption.html
Expenditure per person per week on:

• Liquid milk
• Yogurt
• Cheese
• Butter
• Cream
• Dairy desserts

DAIRY STATISTICS: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE (Replaces Dairy Facts and Figures)
http://www.mdcdatum.org.uk/Publications/dairystatistics.html
The chapters cover:

• On Farm – UK farm numbers, producer numbers, UK dairy cow numbers, UK average herd size, UK average milk yield, UK deliveries to dairies, average UK quota price, spread of quota, EU dairy farmers farm and EU cow numbers, world deliveries
• Prices – average farmgate price, Ex-UK farmgate prices, UKmilk margins, intervention prices, EU farmgate and wholesale prices, EU-25 product production, world wholesale prices, average UK dairy farm income
• Product and Trade – milk flow, UK milk utilisation, UK Balance Sheet, EU Balance Sheet, World production, World trade
• Retail and Consumer – UK average household consumption, liquid milk, organic milk, dairy beverages, cheese, advertising expenditure, EU consumption (fresh milk products), EU consumption (cheese)
• Useful Information – UK Dairy Industry Organisations, Internet sites for sourcing agricultural information

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