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Stable Vreugdenhil also competitive in the Belgian market
Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods keeps the conventional and organic milk prices for April the same as in March. As of this month, the company has also started collecting milk from Belgian suppliers. They receive a milk price that is equal to the Dutch one and which ranks Vreugdenhil among the best payers.
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The payment does look different, due to differences between payment in liters versus kilos and other standard contents. Dutch suppliers receive a basic milk price of €45,80 per 100 kilos for conventional milk, based on an annual supply of 1 million kilos. The meadow milk price is €47,30, the maximum milk price is €47,90 per 100 kilos.
The Belgian suppliers receive an equal milk price of €45,34 per 100 liters, with an annual delivery of 1,3 million liters and with 4,3% fat and 3,5% protein (compared to 4,45% fat and 3,58% protein in the Netherlands).
The Belgian milk price also includes a sustainability premium and quality premium, excluding a number of mandatory Belgian deductions. One difference is that no meadow milk premium is paid in Belgium (maximum €1,50/100 kilos of milk in the Netherlands).
Last month, Vreugdenhil paid the highest basic milk price in the Netherlands after an increase of €1,11 per 100 kilos. Boerenbusiness Dutch Milk price calculator. This month that position is reserved for FrieslandCampina. However, Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods still pays the highest meadow milk price in April. With an organic milk price of €58,17 per 100 kilos, Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods is in the middle.
With the newly presented Belgian milk price of €45,34 per 100 liters, Vreugdenhil immediately sets the second highest milk price for Belgium, as can be checked in the Belgian Milk Price Comparator van Boerenbusiness.