Meadow Foods the UK’s largest independently owned dairy group will increase its 'A' milk price by 1ppl to 31 pence per litre from November 2017.

The company’s 'B' Price for August was 35ppl and it is projected the range for September would be between 33ppl and 36ppl.

It is the company's 4th consecutive month of milk price increases which means the A milk price has risen by almost 27% since last November.