UK Dairy Agri-Market Outlook: Commodity prices may have reached a floor, but recovery is reliant on controlling milk supplies

Dairy prices stabilise, but analysts warn recovery will be slow

UK dairy farmers may be seeing the first signs that falling prices are easing, but fresh analysis warns that any recovery will be slow.

AHDB: ‘Plummeting’ dairy commodity prices ‘may have reached a floor’

Plummeting dairy commodity prices “may have found a floor” according to latest analysis from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) UK Dairy Agri-Market Outlook. According to the report, early 2026 has seen “positive movements” in wholesale markets for skimmed milk powder and cheddar, signalling a potential recovery. Fats, however, remain under severe pressure due to too much milk, and farmgate milk prices are expected to re…

UK Dairy Agri-Market Outlook: Commodity prices may have reached a floor, but recovery is reliant on controlling milk supplies

Plummeting dairy commodity prices may have found a floor according to the latest analysis from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) Dairy Agri-Market Outlook.